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

Nerd Sign

Generally used when people are bored and they are walking down a busy area making the spock sign with their hands.

I was just driving down the street when i saw this line of kids making nerd signs to the traffic!

by snapcraclepop January 26, 2013

Nerd it Down

When you go over board on a particular subject matter.

You need to nerd it down on the Star Wars.

by dpoool August 27, 2013

nerd den

n) When multiple nerds congregate in a single room to play video games.

Girl: Hey Jenna, where's your boyfriend?
Jenna: He's busy playing World of Warcraft with several friends at Jason's house, total nerd den.

by looknohandsyolo October 13, 2013

nerd apology

When one nerd realizes they were wrong during an earlier discussion with another nerd, and issues an apology to clarify the situation.

Sorry Justin, I owe you a nerd apology. At the start of the Lord of the Rings movie Gladriel does in fact wear one of the three rings. This is most unusual for an elf.

by luke_simmo February 22, 2014

nerd-stalking

When a "gamer" constantly looks to see what a particular person is playing everytime they are online

Steven: Raymond I noticed whilst online that you are always playing Zelda.

Raymond: Are you nerd-stalking me?

by Dhuntouch! November 8, 2013

Nerd Tell

When someone who seems fairly mainstream blurts out something really nerdy revealing how nerdy they really are.

OMG! When Joe was talking about that book he really liked and then blurted out that, "if you look in the back of the book, it will tell you what fonts were used", he totally revealed his nerd tell!

by AdGuy June 23, 2014