Wintel n.
Microsoft Windows plus Intel - the tacit alliance that
dominated desktop computing in the 1990s. Now (1999) possibly on
the verge of breaking up under pressure from Linux; see Lintel.
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wired n.
See hardwired.
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wirehead /wi:r'hed/ n.
[prob. from SF slang for an electrical-brain-stimulation
addict] 1. A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on
communications hardware. 2. An expert in local-area networks. A
wirehead can be a network software wizard too, but will always
have the ability to deal with network hardware, down to the
smallest component. Wireheads are known for their ability to lash
up an Ethernet terminator from spare resistors, for example.
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wirewater n.
Syn. programming
fluid. This melds the mainstream slang adjective `wired'
(stimulated, up, hyperactive) with `firewater'; however, it
refers to caffeinacious rather than alcoholic beverages.