from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
computer geek
computer nerd
geek
turbo nerd
<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}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1997-06-26)