computer literate
Knows their way around
Computer literate describes someone with basic competence in using computers—able to navigate an operating system, use common software, and understand fundamental concepts like files and folders.
The term emerged in the 1980s as personal computers became widespread and marks the minimum threshold of digital competence: Most office jobs require applicants to be computer literate.
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
- knowledgeableHaving extensive information
- tech savvySkilled with modern electronics
- savvyPractical shrewdness
- skillfulHaving learned expertise
proficiency · power user · file management · full-stack · familiar · database management · cloud storage · operating system · two-factor authentication · log in · word processor · spreadsheet · keyboard shortcut · copy paste · drag and drop · email · software · instant messaging
computer literatetechnophobe
One fearing modern devices
technophobic · anti-technology · Luddite · offline · unplugged
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