neep-neep

2 definitions found

neep-neep - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  neep-neep
  
     /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom] One who is
     fascinated by computers.  Less specific than hacker, as it
     need not imply more skill than is required to boot games
     on a personal computer.  The derived noun "neeping" applies
     specifically to the long conversations about computers that
     tend to develop in the corners at most SF-convention parties
     (the term "neepery" is also in wide use).  Fandom has a
     related proverb to the effect that "Hacking is a
     conversational black hole!".
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-29)
  

neep-neep - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  neep-neep
   /neep neep/, n.
  
     [onomatopoeic, widely spread through SF fandom but reported to have
     originated at Caltech in the 1970s] One who is fascinated by
     computers. Less specific than hacker, as it need not imply more
     skill than is required to play games on a PC. The derived noun
  neeping
     applies specifically to the long conversations about computers that
     tend to develop in the corners at most SF-convention parties (the
  term
     neepery is also in wide use). Fandom has a related proverb to the
     effect that "Hacking is a conversational black hole!".