computerist

noun

Definition of computeristnext
as in technocrat

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  1. technocrat
  2. techie
  3. geek
  4. hacker
Noun
  • Hamas continues to govern the territory, while a committee of Palestinian technocrats remains in Cairo awaiting permission to enter Gaza and oversee a transition of power.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Investors and technocrats filled the room along with politicians, union officials and university researchers.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of technocrat
Noun
  • Kanda Myojin Shrine in the techie mecca Akihabara, for example, now sells omamori that protect electronics against damage or theft.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In concluding remarks, Hao asked each panelist what inspired techies should be focusing on now.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of techie
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  • For movie geeks everywhere, this has been the question since Kubrick’s death in 1999.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Lucca Comics chief speaks to Variety about pulling out all the stops to celebrate the crossover between different forms of geek culture, in particular between movies and video games.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of geek
Noun
  • How hackers broke into Oracle Health's older systems The trouble began in early 2025.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of hacker
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“Computerist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computerist. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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