computerlore

noun

computerlore

noun

Etymology From computer + lore, and/or possibly from a blend of computer + folklore.

1

The knowledge, teaching, study, science, or legend surrounding computers.

  • Modern communication methods have already produced a whole body of 'screenlore' or 'computerlore' and 'Netlore'.1997, Reseaux, volume 5, page 116:
  • This lack of motivation in studying the use of folklore in burgeoning technology could conceivably rest within the ideologies bestowed upon folklore trainees prior the advent of the Internet and computerlore.2014, Trevor J. Blank, Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet:

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