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  • adjective informal Of or pertaining to computers.

Etymologies

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computer +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The trader doesn't use the 'computery' (his words) features of the Touch and just wants a high capacity video and music player while I'm in the market for an iPod that's more handheld computer than it is straight music player.

    ehMac.ca travelingrae 2010

  • And if you want to read more, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is a great read that blends all sorts of computery code-breakingly nerdery into one awesome novel.

    Alan Turing and Bletchley Park lili 2009

  • I dont yet have a blog page and my pc has a virus-last few months - so I have to write fast all the time before it crashes (hence typos etc) I shal be getting ti fixed when fam. returns - see, Im FAR too dependent on my partner to help take care fo inet crashes and computery things.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Newly renovated Ladies Lounge. 2010

  • I want an e-reader that seem booky, not computery.

    Nook vs Kobo 2010

  • Me and glossy computery animation, not so much friends.

    Gaiman Vies For Best Animated Feature « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010

  • And if you want to read more, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is a great read that blends all sorts of computery code-breakingly nerdery into one awesome novel.

    Archive 2009-10-01 lili 2009

  • So basically, it's got to make even more sense than my fantasy world-building, since it's set in reality, just... the future of reality: "What is the word that 'hackers,' as in people who actually know how to do that semi-illegal computery stuff, call themselves?"

    Weird Questions Novelists May Ask You 2010

  • IRL is probably some mysterious computery code-speak, but I've decided to read it as IN REAL LIFE.

    TechnoGoddess IN REAL LIFE! 2010

  • IRL is probably some mysterious computery code-speak, but I've decided to read it as IN REAL LIFE.

    Archive 2010-05-01 2010

  • "What is the word that 'hackers,' as in people who actually know how to do that semi-illegal computery stuff, call themselves?"

    Weird Questions Novelists May Ask You 2010

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