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techie

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Education, Computers
tech·ie /ˈteki/ noun [countable]  informalSE someone who knows a lot about computers and electronic equipment 精通计算机和电子设备的〕技术人员
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techieBut what do techies know about business?Poor Gingrich, the techie who would give laptops to kids, reduced to a duct-tape interface.I don't even bother trying to fix things that go wrong on my computer - I leave that to the techies.These also masquerade under the techie names of 10Base-5,10Base-2 and 10Base-T respectively.Sushi restaurants that cater to techies and tony taco bars overflow at lunchtime.
From Longman Business Dictionarytechietech‧ie /ˈteki/ (also techy) noun (plural techies) [countable] informalCOMPUTING a person who works in computing or in some other TECHNOLOGICAL industryMost of my colleagues are techies.
tech·ie nounChineseSyllable
Business Corpus someone a electronic lot about computers knows and who


techie
techie /ˈteki/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: technology, technologist, techie; adverb: technologically; adjective: technological
informal someone who knows a lot about computers and electronic equipment


techie (also techy) BrE /ˈteki/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteki/ 🔊 noun (
plural
techies
)
(informal)
a person who is expert in or enthusiastic about technology, especially computers 科技通;科技迷;(尤指)电脑通,电脑迷