propeller head

2 definitions found

propeller head - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  propeller head
  
     <jargon> Used by hackers, this is synonym with computer geek
     .  Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies.
     Probably derives from SF fandom's tradition (originally
     invented by old-time fan Ray Faraday Nelson) of propeller
     beanies as fannish insignia (though nobody actually wears them
     except as a joke).
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-01-18)
  

propeller head - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  propeller head
   n.
  
     Used by hackers, this is syn. with geek. Non-hackers sometimes use
     it to describe all techies. Prob. derives from SF fandom's tradition
     (originally invented by old-time fan Ray Faraday Nelson) of propeller
     beanies as fannish insignia (though nobody actually wears them except
     as a joke).