"chiphead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-chiphead.ogg [Australia] Forms: chipheads [plural]
Etymology: chip + -head Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chip|head}} chip + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiphead (plural chipheads)
  1. (slang) A microchip expert. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-chiphead-en-noun-56SM2OeM Disambiguation of People: 99 1
  2. (slang) A person strongly interested in or knowledgeable about computer hardware. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-chiphead-en-noun-nId0UDf5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -head, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 27 73

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