techie

Thân thiện

A techie helps a colleague set up a new computer monitor.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person with strong technical skills and enthusiasm, especially in computing or technology: A "techie" is someone who is both highly skilled and passionately interested in a technical field. This term most commonly refers to experts in computing, information technology, or electronics.

Usage

• The term "techie" is informal and often used with a positive connotation to describe someone who is not just competent but deeply engaged with technology.
• It can describe professionals (e.g., software engineers, system administrators) or skilled enthusiasts (e.g., hobbyist programmers, hardware modders).
• It is often used in contrast to non-technical users or management.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Our office has a team of techies who can fix any computer problem.
  • He's a real techie; he built his own gaming PC from scratch.
  • The conference was full of techies eager to learn about the latest software developments.

Advanced Usage

• "Techie culture": Refers to the social norms, interests, and environment common among technology enthusiasts and professionals.
  • The startup fostered a strong techie culture with hackathons and open-source projects.

Variants and Related Words

• Technophile (noun): A person who is enthusiastic about new technology. (More formal synonym)
• Technician (noun): A person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory. (Broader, more formal, and less focused on enthusiasm)
• Geek (noun): An unfashionable or socially inept person, especially one with an obsessive interest in a specialized subject like computing. (Can be synonymous with "techie" but sometimes carries a stronger connotation of social awkwardness or single-minded passion.)
• Nerd (noun): A person who is excessively interested in a technical or academic subject. (Similar to "geek," often used interchangeably with "techie" in tech contexts.)

Synonyms

• Technical expert
• Computer whiz
• IT specialist
• Gadget enthusiast

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To have a techie mindset: To think in a logical, problem-solving way characteristic of technical experts.
  • Solving this bug requires a techie mindset.
• Techie talk / tech talk: Informal conversation using technical jargon.
  • I couldn't follow their conversation; it was all techie talk about APIs and frameworks.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tekki