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  • adjective computing, informal Knowledgeable and well-informed.

Etymologies

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From clue +‎ -ful, by analogy with clueless.

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Examples

  • Causes such as transparency, openness and open standards are so critical that it's important there be wise, "clueful" people throughout the industry working for those issues, said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product management at Google, at the Supernova conference in San Francisco.

    Latest from Computerworld 2009

  • Causes such as transparency, openness and open standards are so critical that it's important there be wise, "clueful" people throughout the industry working for those issues, said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product management at Google, at the Supernova conference.

    Techworld.com News 2009

  • (Take a look at this excellent page designed by Ottawa Wireless's PR firm: it's exactly the kind of clueful PR that should be encouraged: he's putting his money -- or maps -- where his mouth is.)

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • Causes such as transparency, openness and open standards are so critical that it's important there be wise, "clueful" people throughout the industry working for those issues, said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product management at Google, at the Supernova conference in San Francisco.

    Latest from Computerworld 2009

  • Causes such as transparency, openness and open standards are so critical that it's important there be wise, "clueful" people throughout the industry working for those issues, said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product management at Google, at the Supernova conference.

    Techworld.com News 2009

  • Causes such as transparency, openness and open standards are so critical that it's important there be wise, "clueful" people throughout the industry working for those issues, said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product management at Google, at the Supernova conference.

    Techworld.com News 2009

  • (Take a look at this excellent page designed by Ottawa Wireless's PR firm: it's exactly the kind of clueful PR that should be encouraged: he's putting his money -- or maps -- where his mouth is.)

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • (Take a look at this excellent page designed by Ottawa Wireless's PR firm: it's exactly the kind of clueful PR that should be encouraged: he's putting his money -- or maps -- where his mouth is.)

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • BH: I suggested we hire some "clueful" people but was told, correctly, that it's important to have these people outside of Google to keep Google on its toes.

    Latest News from AJAX & RIA Journal 2009

  • But changing the culture at a big company takes time, and all shouting "FAIL!" accomplishes is to make that clueful person (who actually follows their presence in social media) feel bad, while all their coworkers continue on, blissfully unaware of your criticism.

    The End of Fail - Anil Dash 2009

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  • I tried to submit this to the "Hacker's Dictionary" aka "Jargon File". Eric Raymond wouldn't accept it because he said it was a generally accepted word, not jargon! Too bad nobody told the OED...

    February 2, 2007