noun
- a person who is enthusiastic about or skilled with computers; a computer enthusiast or expert
Usage: informal; often used affectionately or humorously; formed by analogy with Russian -nik suffix (as in sputnik)
Examples
- My brother is a real computernik—he spends all his free time coding and building custom PCs.
- The computernik in our office always knows how to fix technical problems.
- She became a computernik after taking her first programming class in high school.
- The conference attracted computerniks from around the world.
- He's been a computernik since the days of early personal computers.