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wired n. See hardwired.
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....
wirewater n. Syn. programming fluid. This melds the mainstream slang adjective `wired' (stimulated, up, hyperactive) with `firewater'
however, it refers to caffeinacious rather than alco...
wish list n.
within delta of adj. See delta.
within epsilon of adj. See epsilon.
wizard n. 1. Transitively, a person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who groks it)
esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency. So...
Wizard Book n. "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (Hal Abelson, Jerry Sussman and Julie Sussma
MIT Press, 1984, 1996; ISBN 0-262-01153-0), an excellent computer science ...
wizard hat n. [also, after Terry Pratchett, `pointy hat'] Notional headgear worn by whoever is the wizard in a particular context.
The implication is that it's a transferable role. "Talk...
wizard mode n. [from rogue] A special access mode of a program or system, usually passworded, that permits some users godlike privileges.
Generally not used for operating systems themselv...

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