computeristn.
/kəmˈpjuːt(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /kəmˈpjudərəst/ A person who uses computers, either professionally or as a hobby; a computer specialist or enthusiast.In quot. 1964 apparently: a person who stresses the analogy between mental processes and computer programs (cf. computationalist n.).
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society > computing and information technology > [noun] > ability to use > specialist, enthusiast
computer scientist1957
computerist1964
hacker1969
techie1970
hack1972
computer hacker1976
geek1983
tech-head1983
techno-head1988
cybergeek1992
alpha geek1993
1964 M. R. Quillian et al. (title) in D. Klahr & J. G. Wallace Cognitive Devel. (1976) 231 The programmable Piaget: Behavior from the standpoint of a radical computerist.
1971 Michigan Law Rev. 69 1389 Professor Miller has combed thousands of pages of congressional hearings, hundreds of periodicals and books by computerists, social scientists, and legal analysts, and the complete works of Shakespeare.
1982 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. c6 Pick up any ‘documentation’..and you are apt to be..bombarded by gibberish, at best intimidating to the neophyte and portentous to the versed computerist.
2000 S. Bellow Ravelstein 47 No real education was possible in American universities except for aeronautical engineers, computerists, and the like.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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