Navigation Random Term PM /P-M/ 1. v. (from `preventive maintenance') To bring
down a machine for inspection or test purposes; see {scratch
monkey}. 2. n. Abbrev. for... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION
View Definition: computer geek
computer geek n. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One
who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers
an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the
personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by outsiders
without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black usage
of `nigger'. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally
clueless individual or a proto-hacker in
larval stage . Also
called `turbo nerd', `turbo geek'. See also
propeller head ,
clustergeeking ,
geek out ,
wannabee , {terminal
junkie},
spod ,
weenie .
