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In computing, slang term for someone who seems to spend more time interacting with computers than with human beings. The term was originally an abusive one, applied to weedy, diffident but studious US high school students by their more sporty and outgoing colleagues.

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anorak Bale, Christian bit-head Edwards, Anthony Peter Planck geek Neptunes, the			My dictionary's definition of the word nerd is "a person, especially a man, who is not attractive and awkward or socially embarrassing. Offensive remark; YourSay by Birmingham Mail (England) CAPTION(S): CHIEF West IT SKILLS Computer nerd at work SET A GEEK TO CATCH A GEEK; Nerds defend UK from cyber attack by The Mirror (London, England) Detailing the life of a D&D nerd, it's a picture to be looked at from the other side, revealing that only minor differences separate one type of nerd from another. The Elfish Gene by Internet Bookwatch			neon neonate neopaganism Neopilina neoplasm neoplasticism neoplatonism neoprene Neoptolemus Neosho Neosho River neoteny NEP Nepal Nepean nepenth neper nephritis nephron Nephthys Nepos, Cornelius Neptune Neptunes, the neptunium ner tamid nerd Nereid Neretva Nereus Nergal Neri, Philip, St Nerina, Nadia Nerinckx, Charles NERN Nernst, Hermann Nero Nero, Gaius Claudius Nero, Tiberius Claudius Neroccio di Bartolommeo Landi Nerone Nerthus Neruda, Jan Neruda, Pablo Nerva, Marcus Cocceius Nerval, Gérard de nerve nerve cell nerve impulse Nervi, Pier Luigi nervous breakdown nervous system			NERBP Nerbudda Nerbudda River NERC NERC NERCA NERCC NERCE NERCEP Nercha Nercha Nercha River NERCHE Nerchinsk Nerchinsk Hard Labor Camps Nerchinsk Treaty of 1689 Nerchinsk, Treaty NERCITA NERCN NERCO NERCOMP NERCP NERCRD NERCU NERCVE NERCW nerd Nerd Attention Deficit Disorder nerd bird Nerd for Life Nerd Herd Nerd Intelligence Agency Nerd Paradise Nerd pride Nerd riots nerd rustler Nerd wave Nerd wave Nerd wave NERD&D NERDC NERDDC NERDI nerdier nerdier nerdier nerdiest nerdiest nerdiest Nerdiest School Nerdiest School of all time Nerdiness Nerdiness Nerdiness nerdish nerdish nerdish

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