techie

American  

[tek-ee] / ˈtɛk i /

Or techy or tekkie

noun

Informal.

1. a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.

2. a person with skills or knowledge related to technology, especially computing; information technologist.

3. a technician, as for a stage crew.

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techie British  

/ ˈtɛkɪ /

noun

1. a person who is skilled in the use of technological devices, such as computers

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or skilled in the use of technological devices, such as computers

Etymology

Origin of techie

First recorded in 1980–85; tech(nical) + -ie

Example Sentences

While some techies use the buzzy AI platform OpenClaw to help book flights or summarize news, one Silicon Valley startup tapped it to stand up a nearly fully autonomous software engineering team.

From The Wall Street Journal

So when techies declared it “cooked,” it was war.

From The Wall Street Journal

A self-described "techie guy," Davies said the platform's current obsession is on giving creators nuanced control over creating or editing footage -- something he described as the company's "holy grail."

From Barron's

Tools in a newer, more general category of so-called desktop agents have begun to gain traction among techies.

From Barron's

Because of that and other benefits, the humble Mac mini has become the weapon of choice for techies to run their coding and desktop agents, using the LLMs as the foundation.

From Barron's

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