:neep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom]
n. One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific than
{hacker}, as it need not imply more skill than is required to
boot games on a PC. The derived noun `neeping' applies
specifically to the long conversations about computers that tend to
develop in the corners at most SF-convention parties (the term
`neepery' is also in wide use). Fandom has a related proverb to
the effect that "Hacking is a conversational black hole!".
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
n. One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific than
{hacker}, as it need not imply more skill than is required to
boot games on a PC. The derived noun `neeping' applies
specifically to the long conversations about computers that tend to
develop in the corners at most SF-convention parties (the term
`neepery' is also in wide use). Fandom has a related proverb to
the effect that "Hacking is a conversational black hole!".
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- neep-neep /neep neep/ n.
[onomatopoeic, widely spread
through SF fandom but reported to have originated at Caltech in the
1970s] One who is fascinated by computers.
Less specific than hacker, as it need not imply... - science-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a
very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - wank: /wangk/ [Columbia University: prob. by mutation from
Commonwealth slang v.
`wank', to masturbate] n.,v. Used much as {hack}... - science-fiction fandom n.
Another voluntary subculture
having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj.
[Columbia University: prob.
by mutation from Commonwealth slang v. `wank', to... - mundane: [from SF fandom] n. 1. A person who is not in science
fiction fandom.
2. A person who is not in the computer industry. ... - music:: n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare
{{science-fiction fandom}},
{{oriental food}}; see also {filk}). Hackish folklore... - con: [from SF fandom] n. A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as... - con n.
[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional...
