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digerati

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dig⋅e⋅ra⋅ti

[dij-uh-rah-tee, rey‑]
–plural noun
people skilled with or knowledgeable about digital technologies, esp. computers and the Internet.

Origin:
1990–95; dig(ital) + (lit)erati
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dig·er·a·ti   (dĭj'ə-rä'tē)   
pl.n.  People who are knowledgeable about digital technologies such as computer programming and design: "the chasm between the high claims of the digerati and the misadventures of the novice Net user" (Publisher's Weekly).

[dig(ital) + (lit)erati.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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digerati jargon
(Or "digirati". By analogy with "literati" - people knowledgeable about literature) People knowledgeable about computers, "computer literate".
[Newsweek, March 1995?].
(1995-05-07)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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