computer geek
Example Sentences
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By the next semester, Toner-Rodgers pitched the idea to Autor, a leading labor economist and self-described computer geek who for years had been mulling how AI might shape employment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
“The VPNs we use are much more complex than they were a few years ago,” said Mehdi, a 39-year-old self-described computer geek from Tehran.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022
A computer geek probably could have figured out a faster way to get to our first communication with one another on Facebook's Messenger, but I just went the old-school route.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2022
It epitomized the ultimate kluge, a term invented years ago by a computer geek, writing about computer stuff, and it meant using junk to craft a workable if ugly solution to a problem.
From Washington Post • May 6, 2021
I, David Lightman, a teenage computer geek from suburban Seattle, had single-handedly prevented the end of human civilization.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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