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• cryppie /krip'ee/ n. A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements cryptographic software or hardware.
• ofty: [IBM] n. Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• charityware: /cha'rit-ee-weir`/ n. Syn. {careware}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• 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....
• ystem: n. 1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer.
  2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices, the supervisor program or OS, and possibly other software....
• ilicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).
  Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ivitz: /sniv'itz/ n. A hiccup in hardware or software
  a small, transient problem of unknown origin (less serious than a {snark})....
• howstopper: n. A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable
  one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on....
• FUD wars: /fuhd worz/ n. [from {FUD}] Political posturing engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardization but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares.
  The UNIX International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example....