red wire

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(jargon, hardware)

red wire - (IBM) Patch wires installed by programmers who have no business mucking with the hardware. It is said that the only thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a softy with a soldering iron.

Compare blue wire, yellow wire, purple wire.

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The red wire is power from the monitor's console and carries 8 volts.

Master Monitor Maladies by Anderson, Dan / Farm Journal

abandon, while two soaring blue branches are just held in place by the energies of a red wire loop.

Richard Tuttle: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art by Wagner, Anne M. / Artforum International

Or, one of the simplest things on my boat is that all the instruments are 12-volt, with one red wire, the other black--but no one uses the same connector.

Behind the boat by Ellis, Jim / BOAT/U.S. Magazine

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