newbie

n. new Internet user

Newbie is a slang term for a newcomer to online gaming or an Internet activity. It can also be used for any other activity in whose context a somewhat clueless newcomer could exist. It can have derogatory connotations, but is also often used for descriptive purposes only, without a value judgment.
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Noun
1. any new participant in some activity
(synonym) newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, entrant
(hypernym) novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
(hyponym) recruit, enlistee

n. newbie, new Internet user (Internet, Computers)

<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 news: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)