Computing Dictionary
computer geek definition
jargon (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer)
bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about
hackers: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all
hackers; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in
larval stage.
See also
Alpha Geek,
propeller head,
clustergeeking,
geek out,
wannabee,
terminal junkie,
spod,
weenie.
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Jargon File]
(1997-06-26)
