Meanings
alternative computer lore
- uncountableThe knowledge, teaching, study, science, or legend surrounding computers.
Modern communication methods have already produced a whole body of 'screenlore' or 'computerlore' and 'Netlore'.
1997, Reseaux, volume 5, page 1161 more example
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.
2014, Trevor J. Blank, Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet
Origin
From computer + lore, or possibly from a blend of computer + folklore.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
computerlore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computerlore
“computerlore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computerlore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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