His high level of technogility makes him an excellent choice for Chief Technology Officer. Or, my 92 year old mother's low technogility prevents her from making use of a tablet.

technogility by Forehammer June 13, 2016

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technolemming

Someone who only uses the default settings.

My wife the technolemming doesn't know how to change the desktop background picture, even though she's been using PCs for 15 years.

technolemming by drhominidae November 6, 2009

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technovice

Someone who is new to technology. A non-geek.

Anything new has a tendency to invoke fear, wariness and distrust. Newcomers to the technoscene are commonly assailed with pejoratives: but we were all newbies once; and every one of us remains a noob in some field of human endeavour - nobody knows it all.

The term 'technovice' is a more polite, welcoming term. It says, "Hi there friend, I see you're new here, do you need a hand?" whereas "FOAD you loser n00b!" simply pollutes cyberspace.

The word can be read as 'tech'+'novice', describing the present state of the user's knowledge (or rather, lack of it): but hidden within is the suggestion of things to come, when read as 'techno'+'vice' :)

"Mandy's a real technovice, I had to show her where the power switch was on her PC."

technovice by zutelwortle October 14, 2007

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Technoliterate

To have the ability to read and/or write on a computer program or other technological device.

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The mashing of two real words to create a seemingly real one that is able to fool "like" happy facebook users.

"Tried to read for SUST, reading was sideways, prof, y u no technoliterate" - BVH

Technoliterate by nowitsreal March 30, 2011

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