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  • noun informal The world of computers and the people associated with them.

Etymologies

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computer +‎ -dom

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Examples

  • Power NetworksAS A RELATIVELY NEW industry, the leadership of computerdom might be expected to be more gender-diverse.

    MEN, WOMEN & COMPUTERS 2008

  • The Netflix viewing software, like all the others, has a full-screen mode that expands the picture to fill the entire display, eliminating all vestiges of computerdom.

    Think of an Old Film, 2008

  • But then perhaps it was natural that such an institution should survive here in the very citadel of computerdom; in the gigantic world corporation that handled Multivac.

    The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990

  • The insistence on accurate spelling at modern schools is an effort to invest a living language % vith rigor mortis, and to prepare a rhapsodic means of self-expression for the glacial corridors of computerdom.

    An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

  • However, I think that there are a few folks here like yourself, you seem to be VERY grounded in the network engineering / administration realm (probably more, but that's what I gathered) & know what they're about to one degree or another in this post about computerdom.

    Latest News from Open Source Magazine 2009

  • However, I think that there are a few folks here like yourself, you seem to be VERY grounded in the network engineering / administration realm (probably more, but that's what I gathered) & know what they're about to one degree or another in this post about computerdom.

    Latest News from Open Source Magazine 2009

  • It's no technological powerhouse, but for $20 at Walmart (and more retailers soon), it'll shut those kids up in the backseat without sacrificing your beloved Nintendo DS to Barbie computerdom.

    Gizmodo 2009

  • I wish i had another comatose 3G to try a fix on it, whilst i sure hope i don't reacquire the bug! most painful two weeks of computerdom for me, and i have had some real doozies.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • It's no technological powerhouse, but for $20 at Walmart (and more retailers soon), it'll shut those kids up in the backseat without sacrificing your beloved Nintendo DS to Barbie computerdom.

    Gizmodo 2009

  • It's no technological powerhouse, but for $20 at Walmart (and more retailers soon), it'll shut those kids up in the backseat without sacrificing your beloved Nintendo DS to Barbie computerdom.

    Gizmodo 2009

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