wirehead

English

Etymology

From wire +‎ -head.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wirehead (plural wireheads)

1. (science fiction) A person who has an electronic brain implant.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 385:

     He turns around and looks behind him. The wirehead he saw a few seconds ago is out in the open now, standing all by himself at the edge of a raft. Everyone else has cleared out of there.

2. (computing) A hardware hacker.
3. A person who likes to tinker with electronics.

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