computer-literate

Knows their way around

Computer-literate describes someone with basic competence in using computers—able to navigate software, manage files, and perform common tasks without hand-holding.

The term emerged when such skills weren't universal: The job listing requires applicants to be computer-literate.

Now often assumed rather than stated, though the bar keeps rising with technology.

proficiency

typing

Entering text via keyboard

email · internet · browsing · word processing · spreadsheet · file management · troubleshooting · tech-savvy · data entry · download

Opposites
technological competence

computer-literatelow-tech

Not electronically complex

analog · non-technical · old-school

attitude toward technology

computer-literatetechnophobe

One fearing modern devices

technophobic · Luddite · anti-technology · neo-Luddite · old-school

Family

computer, compute, computed, computing, computes, computation, computational, computationally, computable

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G