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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>neep-neep</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="neats-vs--scruffies.html" title="neats vs. scruffies"/><link rel="next" href="neophilia.html" title="neophilia"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">neep-neep</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="neats-vs--scruffies.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="neophilia.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="neep-neep"/><dt xmlns="" id="neep-neep"><b>neep-neep</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/neep neep/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [onomatopoeic, widely spread through SF fandom but reported to have
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originated at Caltech in the 1970s] One who is fascinated by computers.
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Less specific than <a href="../H/hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker</i></a>, as it need not imply more
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skill than is required to play games on a PC. The derived noun <span class="firstterm">neeping</span> applies specifically to the long
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conversations about computers that tend to develop in the corners at most
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SF-convention parties (the term <span class="firstterm">neepery</span> is also in wide use). Fandom has a
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related proverb to the effect that “<span class="quote">Hacking is a conversational black
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hole!</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="neats-vs--scruffies.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="neophilia.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">neats vs. scruffies </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> neophilia</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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