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Technofear 

(n) A rational reason for fearing technology whereas technophobia is the irrational fear of technology.
(v) Demonstrating technological dangers.
"The Large Hadron Collider is pure technofear."
Technofear by max barshled March 13, 2009

Technogeek 

An individual that embraces specialized technological interests, often at the expense of human relationships.

Technogeeks can generally work with computers at some level, but can be artists, scientists, mathemeticians, or scholars in a variety of fields that rely on technology.
My brother-in-law is a technogeek. He's always sitting at his computer designing something.
Technogeek by Pesto Peet April 24, 2009

hapless technoweenie 

a term used to describe someone who knows absolutely nothing about technology and/or electronics, as used in Hackers (1995) and can obviously be used as a kidding term or an insult.
From Hackers (1995):
Computer Goon: Mr The Plague, something weird is happening on the net.
The Plague: As in what, you hapless technoweenie?
Computer Goon: One of the Gibsons is working really hard.
hapless technoweenie by Landon783 January 4, 2014

technofob 

_ a person who is recently introduced to technology and still learning it.
_ a person who was introduced to technology a long time ago but still has no idea how it works.
_ definitely your grandma and your grandpa, or old people in general, are technofob (s)
_ probably your mom, dad, uncle(s) and aunt(s)
technofob by thebigcriket128 October 12, 2010

technoweenie 

a person who has just enough computer knowledge to break a computer more often than he can fix it.
"my cpomuter is more messed up than it was before the technoweenie tried to fix it."
technoweenie by Rohan Zehaeva November 20, 2004

Technofreak 

Somewhat like technogeek, a person who is obsessed with the latest technology, and everything techno-y, (music, clothing, etc), while still being able to straddle the line between nerd/geek and normal person, with a reasonalbe social life. They are also extremely adept at new technologies and are usually able to complete really complex technological things without becoming too unbalanced. Usually has a nostalgia for the 90's rave scene, even if they weren't involved in it.
Person A: You have a 4,500 gamerscore on xbox live, but youre still able to go out to see '300' with us on fri???
Person B: Yep
Person: Wow, you're such a technofreak!
Technofreak by TehFutureIsNow March 19, 2007