madskull писал(а): ↑03.11.2005 10:26
who is - гик?
Вот что говорит по этому поводу
Википедия.
Google дал ряд определений:
Определения geek в интернете на английском:
* A term similar to nerd, but slightly less pejorative in tone.
teladesign.com/ma-thesis/glossary.html
* To quote from The New Hacker’s Dictionary, a computer geek is “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. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called ‘turbo nerd’ or ‘turbo geek. ...
www.uta.edu/infosys/e_comm/terms/term_g.htm
* In computers and the Internet, a geekis a person who is inordinately dedicated to and involved with the technologyto the point of sometimes not appearing to be like the rest of us (non-geeks).Being a geek also implies a capability with the technology. Although historically,computer and Internet programming and hacking has been a male thing, thereare now many "girl geeks." The term "hacker" generally connotes competencemore strongly than "geek" does. ...
www.infoprovider.com/infobase/g.html
* The sort of person who would get really excited at the prospect of using a text editor on a 900 megahertz workstation to write out the definitions of technical terms.
www.scotsmist.co.uk/glossary_g.html
* An intellectual who is bent on a particular profession; especially within the computer feild. Social interests are deeply rooted in Sci-Fi.
www.cem.uvm.edu/util/html/definitions.php
* Short for computer geek, an individual with a passion for computers, to the exclusion of other normal human interests. Depending on the context, it can be used in either a derogatory or affectionate manner. Basically, geek and nerd are synonymous.
www.angelfire.com/anime3/internet/programming.htm
* Traditionally, someone whose fascination for technology overwhelms all other pursuits, with all the negative stereotypes this implies; in short, a NERD.
www.research-hosting.co.uk/data/hosting-terms/web-hosting-terms-g.asp
* Traditionally a term of derision, geek has come to have a more positive connotation in this computer age. Technically adept people now frequently refer to themselves as geeks, in a mixture of self-deprecation and pride.
www.websightsolutions.com/faq_gloss.html
* a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
* eccentric: a person with an unusual or odd personality
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by technology and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd (see nerd for a discussion of the disputed relation between the terms).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek