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heatseeker

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heatseeker [′hēt ‚sēk·ər]
(ordnance)
A guided missile incorporating an infrared device for homing on heat-radiating machines or installations, such as an aircraft engine or a blast furnace.
(person, jargon)heatseeker - (IBM) A customer who can be relied upon to buy, without fail, the latest version of an existing product (not quite the same as a member of the lunatic fringe). A 1993 example of a heatseeker is someone who, owning a 286 PC and Windows 3.0, goes out and buys Windows 3.1 (which offers no worthwhile benefits unless you have a 386). If all customers were heatseekers, vast amounts of money could be made by just fixing the bugs in each release (n) and selling it to them as release (n+1).


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That disc, which has received widespread acclaim since its release last month and is currently rising on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart for new acts, presents a dozen songs sung in five languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish and English.
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This summer their serf-titled debut topped Billboard magazine's trendsetting Heatseekers chart.
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They even wrote a song about it: ``Outerspace'' opens the current album, which has been selling so steadily it has lingered for nearly four months in Billboard magazine's Heatseekers chart for new and developing artists.
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