newbie

3 definitions found

newbie - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  newbie
      n 1: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer,
           fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte,
           freshman, newbie, entrant]

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

  newbie
  
     <jargon> /n[y]oo'bee/ (Originally from British public-school
     and military slang variant of "new boy") An inexperienced user
     of Usenet or other system.
  
     This term surfaced in the newsgroup news:talk.bizarre but
     is now in wide use.  Criteria for being considered a newbie
     vary wildly; a person can be called a newbie in one newsgroup
     while remaining a respected regular in another.  The label
     "newbie" is sometimes applied as a serious insult to a person
     who has been around Usenet for a long time but who carefully
     hides all evidence of having a clue.
  
     See BIFF.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1998-02-18)
  

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

  newbie
   /n[y]oo'bee/, n.
  
     [very common; orig. from British public-school and military slang
     variant of `new boy'] A Usenet neophyte. This term surfaced in the
     newsgroup talk.bizarre but is now in wide use (the combination
     "clueless newbie" is especially common). Criteria for being
  considered
     a newbie vary wildly; a person can be called a newbie in one
  newsgroup
     while remaining a respected regular in another. The label newbie is
     sometimes applied as a serious insult to a person who has been around
     Usenet for a long time but who carefully hides all evidence of having
     a clue. See B1FF; see also gnubie. Compare chainik, luser.