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Nerd's Corollary

The logical, if frustrating realistic corollary to Moore's Law regarding the number of transistors on a microchip. In as much as Moore's Law is used to estimate reductions in the cost per unit of computers, so will the reduced cost of the computers be converted to more processors purchased if the programmers are left unchecked.
The following conversation could have been avoided if Fred had applied the Nerd's Corollary to the purchase of new computers:

"Fred, I thought you said that if we bought the quad core machines, we could reduce the number of computers in the server room and save costs. Why do we have more servers than when we started and are over budget?"

"Well, we needed more machines because with the new speed and power, we discovered we could re-thread the re-factored process and parallelize the... (Fred's eyes glaze over and the rest of the information is lost in this discussion)"
by Metalman007 December 4, 2012
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Nerd

A person who loves to read books, always needs to study, streotype, wears glasses.

⚠️ATTENTION⚠️
NERD IS NOT SOMEONE WHO HAS GOOD GRADES
Kylie is a nerd!
Why is he so nerdy!?
by Renet_Gacha-Life.cz August 8, 2020
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Nerd neck

Shut up nerd neck...

Skyler Adreon made this so shut up Jerry your a nerd neck!
by L.skee July 8, 2019
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sleeper nerd

a person who is objectively attractive or seemingly “normal” but is secretly a huge nerd/really intelligent; or has an obsession towards something that isn’t mainstream.
“Woah he’s fine asf

“Yeah i hear he’s obsessed with Lego though”
“Ohh he’s a sleeper nerd!”
by btl0913 December 16, 2023
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coffee nerd

Person who likes coffee.

For example, me, Areithy
Ay coffee nerd or areithy, ur known for drinking coffee, how does it taste?
by Areithy November 7, 2021
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nerd

The people who will actually be happy in life instead of playing Genshin Inpact in the basement for 17 hours 🤮😭🙏🙏
They will have a life and money
Meanwhile if you don’t care about grades then ripbozo see you when you are homeless 😊
Bully: That nerd is so dorky.
Nerd: At least I know stuff.
35 years later
Grown up bully: Why tf am I homeless?
by 147852369/*-+.0 September 9, 2025
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Nerd

A Nerd is a word that older people use like High Schoolers and Teens.It mean's someone's smart has glasses and no one likes them.People mostly bully these"Nerds".
"Hey nerd why are you so ugly should I break your glasses.
by Sammy Matt June 17, 2020
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