wirehead

/wi:rhed/ , 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.

