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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

computer geek

What is a 'computer geek'?
  

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Someone who is very knowledgeable about computers and/or who spends a great deal of his time working with them, almost obsessively. CJ

  • Someone who is very knowledgeable about computers and/or who spends a great deal of his time working with them, almost obsessively.
  • CJ
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Someone who is very knowledgeable about computers and/or who spends a great deal of his time working with them, almost obsessively.

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It was originally a pejorative term, though it's more acceptable to label someone a geek now. Be careful in its usage.
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It sometimes also implies that the person's social skills are not as developed as his computer skills -- he understands computers better than he understands people..

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