Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who studies or is highly interested or proficient in a technical field, especially electronics.
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- noun informal one who works with, or has an interest in,
technology .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
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Examples
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Being a techie is something I fell into, it was because I did not want to become a doctor like my mom wanted, so I picked the first available class in college and I came to like it A creative writer you say?
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Being a techie is something I fell into, it was because I did not want to become a doctor like my mom wanted, so I picked the first available class in college and I came to like it A creative writer you say?
Interview Thursday: Whoever cannot take care of a child, should not be allowed to have any" - Allied 2009
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If you're a techie, is it better to live in the geographic heart of the industry -- the San Francisco Bay Area?
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If you're a techie, is it better to live in the geographic heart of the industry -- the San Francisco Bay Area?
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Thus the average user concludes that the techie is insane.
Dave Winer totally misses the point with Apple TV — Meandering Passage 2007
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My main techie friend, Alan The Handheld Evangelist, doesn't blog, so he wouldn't have known about this.
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A true geek, Hal spends a lot of work time in techie chat rooms engaged in in-depth UNIX conversations, sharing code and discussing programming challenges.
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I am not a brilliant "techie" - please can someone explain in plain English the steps I need to take to rectify this and get my iTunes working as normal on my new laptop.
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If your inner techie is underwhelmed at this point, stick around for the third “big idea”: the City Car, a project in development at MIT’s Media Lab.
Sundance Does Transportation: Cars, Bikes, Trains and More… 2008
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“Life as a long term techie of the library variety.”
TWO MORE WORTHWHILE LIBRARIAN BLOGS Ms. OPL 2006
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