codehead

plural codeheads

1. slangA 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)

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   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)