Digerati

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The Digerati (or Digirati) are the elite of digitization, the computer industry and the online communities. The word is an (English) compound of “digital” and “literati” and thus denotes (analogously) the “digitally well-read” or “digital elite”. The word is similar to the also from the network jargon derived glitterati , glitter + literati . Famous Digerati personalities are almost always technicians, writers, journalists or scientists. One of the most famous digerati is Bill Gates .

The word is used in a number of ways and can have these meanings, among others:

• Opinion leaders whose texts emphasize a visionary digital technology,
• People who work as celebrities in Silicon Valley and who also and especially became known during the dot-com boom,
• Those who are influential and influential in the digital world

The word was first mentioned and coined in 1992 on USENET and referred to an article by George Gilder in Upside magazine. Other sources claim the term was invented by the New York Times and its editor, Tim Race .

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2. ↑ Academics as Digerati ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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