Barnacle (slang) in the field in order to correct a design or manufacturing defect. The term appears to have originated from the crustacean barnacle which is an animal that attaches itself to rocks, docks, ships, whales, and other objects where it grows. A barnacle in electronics is something added to the manufactured product. Typically a barnacle on a circuit board is very noticeable, much like the mollusc variety on a rock in the sea. While the term was originally used with electronic hardware, it has also migrated into the software industry where is it is used to describe software that is added
Barnacle Boi Barnacle Boi Barnacle Boi (stylized as barnacle boi), is an American producer, DJ, vocalist, and visual artist. Ian Oliver was born in Hickory, North Carolina. He first started making experimental beats in 2008 before making trap and hip-hop beats. After these types of beats became extremely repetitive to Oliver, he moved on to "dubstep and other heavier-hitting sub genres of EDM" under his "Sightlow" project. In his interview with The Playground, Barnacle Boi explains that he worked on the Sightlow project for numerous years and he always felt like he had to "force it out" of himself. Beginning in 2013,