<jargon> /n[y]oo'bee/ (Originally from British public-school
and military slang variant of "new boy") An inexperienced user
of Usenet or other system.
This term surfaced in the newsgroup talk.bizarre but
is now in wide use. Criteria for being considered a newbie
vary wildly; a person can be called a newbie in one newsgroup
while remaining a respected regular in another. The label
"newbie" is sometimes applied as a serious insult to a person
who has been around Usenet for a long time but who carefully
hides all evidence of having a clue.
See BIFF.
[Jargon File]
(1998-02-18)
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