computer confetti n.
Syn. chad. Though this term is
common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the
pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the
eyes. GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during
which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad
instead of rice. The groom later grumbled that he and his bride
had spent most of the evening trying to get the stuff out of
their hair.
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computer geek n.
1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfills
all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial,
malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a
cheese grater. Cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult
to all hackers; compare black-on-black vs. white-on-black usage
of `nigger'. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally
clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called `turbo nerd',
`turbo geek'. See also propeller
head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie. 2.
Some self-described computer geeks use this term in a positive
sense and protest sense 1 (this seems to have been a post-1990
development). For one such argument, see http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html.
See also geek code.