List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of computer term etymologies

ok so I got to reading more aobut these Etymologies and this one is very cool:

Nerd – A colloquial term for a computer person, especially an obsessive, singularly focused one.
Earlier spelling of the term is “Nurd” and the original spelling is “Knurd”, but the pronunciation has remained the same. The term originated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the late 1940’s. Students who partied, and rarely studied were called “Drunks”, while the opposite – students who never partied and always studied were “Knurd” (“Drunk” spelled backwards). The term was also (independently) used in a Dr. Seuss book, and on the TV show Happy Days, giving it national popularity.