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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | 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). Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PROPELLER HEAD |
| Specialty definitions using "PROPELLER HEAD": geek out. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
propeller head | 25 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"PROPELLER HEAD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: propellor head. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-l-l-o-p-p-r-r" | |
-4 letters: propelled, propeller, rappelled, repapered, repeopled, repleader. | |
-5 letters: appellee, appellor, dapperer, deplorer, hollered, lappered, loppered, peephole, prepared, rappeled, reloader, repealed, repealer, repelled, repeller, repeople, repolled, rerolled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 4F 50 45 4C 4C 45 52      48 45 41 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01001111 01010000 01000101 01001100 01001100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R O P E L L E R   H E A D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 004F 0050 0045 004C 004C 0045 0052      0048 0045 0041 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505249503946463952242393538 |
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