neep-neep: /neep neep/ n. [onomatopoeic, widely spread through
SF fandom but reported to have originated at Caltech in the 1970s]
One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific than hacker, as
it need not imply more skill than is required to boot games on a PC.
The derived noun `neeping' applies specifically to the long
conversations about computers that tend to develop in the corners at
most SF-convention parties (the term `neepery' is also in wide use).
Fandom has a related proverb to the effect that "Hacking is a
conversational black hole!".
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