salicide

noun2

1. •
   An electrical contact made from a silicide whose formation does not require lithographic patterning processes, i.e. it is "self-aligned"

   • Composite: Self-aligned silicide/poly Si gate (salicide) (label on Figure 7d) — 1983
2. •
   A compound of salicin e.g. salicide of potassium, hydrogen salicide