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codehead

codehead noun: a computer programming enthusiast.

Noun

codehead (plural codeheads)

  1. (slang) A computer programming enthusiast.
    • Indeed, a friend of mine who owns a coin-shop in the San Francisco Bay Area reported to me that he already has codeheads coming in to buy gold from him.1997, William Coleman, “Clinton acknowledges the growing Y2K panic”, in comp.software.year-2000 (Usenet)
    • In serif type over a glossy white background, there is the title, often naming a computer language or protocol familiar to codeheads and gibberish to everyone else (JavaServer Faces; Essential CVS; Using Samba, 2nd Edition).2006, Steven Levy, The Trend Spotter (in 2006, Brendan I. Koerner, The Best of Technology Writing 2006)

Forms of codehead

pluralcodeheads

Origin of codehead

From code + -head.

Questions about codehead

What does codehead mean?
Codehead means a computer programming enthusiast.
What part of speech is codehead?
Codehead is a noun.
What is the plural of codehead?
The plural of codehead is codeheads.

Words near codehead in the dictionary

  1. codegree
  2. codegrees
  3. codegroup
  4. codegroups
  5. Codegua
  6. codehead
  7. codeheads
  8. codehydrogenase
  9. codehydrogenase I
  10. codehydrogenase II
  11. codehydrogenases

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