(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 18:35:50
winnitude = W = wired

Wintel n.

Microsoft Windows plus Intel - the tacit alliance that dominated desktop computing in the 1990s. Now (1999) possibly on the verge of breaking up under pressure from Linux; see Lintel.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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