computerlore

English

Alternative forms

• computer lore

Etymology

From computer +‎ lore, and/or possibly from a blend of computer +‎ folklore.

Noun

computerlore (uncountable)

1. The knowledge, teaching, study, science, or legend surrounding computers.
   • 1997, Reseaux, volume 5, page 116:

     Modern communication methods have already produced a whole body of 'screenlore' or 'computerlore' and 'Netlore'.

   • 2014, Trevor J. Blank, Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet:

     This lack of motivation in studying the use of folklore in burgeoning technology could conceivably rest within the ideologies bestowed upon folklore trainees prior the advent of the Internet and computerlore.