(slang) A microchip expert.
(slang) A person strongly interested in or knowledgeable about computer hardware.
Although [this book] focuses on technology, it's not an assault course for geeks. For one thing the spine's not wide enough for a chiphead manual.
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(slang) A computer programming enthusiast.
(slang) A carpenter.
(internet slang, rare) A chat room user.
Chathead is an early internet slang term for a chat room user — someone who habitually frequents online chat rooms. Rare and largely obsolete, it belongs to the late 1990s and early 2000s era of dial-up internet culture, when chat rooms were a primary form of online social interaction. The '-head' suffix implies someone defined by or addicted to that activity (cf. 'metalhead,' 'deadhead'). It has a nostalgic flavour today, evoking the pre-social-media internet.