naive adj.
1. Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or
system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way,
rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide,
but most designs aren't `really good' in the appropriate sense).
This trait is completely unrelated to general maturity or
competence, or even competence at any other specific program. It
is a sad commentary on the primitive state of computing that the
natural opposite of this term is often claimed to be `experienced
user' but is really more like `cynical user'. 2. Said of an
algorithm that doesn't take advantage of some superior but
advanced technique, e.g., the bubble
sort. It may imply naivete on the part of the programmer,
although there are situations where a naive algorithm is
preferred, because it is more important to keep the code
comprehensible than to go for maximum performance. "I know the
linear search is naive, but in this case the list typically only
has half a dozen items."
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naive user n.
A luser. Tends to imply someone
who is ignorant mainly owing to inexperience. When this is
applied to someone who has experience, there is a
definite implication of stupidity.