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dig·er·a·ti

 (dĭj′ə-rä′tē)
pl.n.
People who are knowledgeable about digital technologies such as computer programming and design.

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digerati

(ˌdɪdʒəˈrɑːtɪ)
pl n
(Professions) the people who earn large amounts of money through internet-related business
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dig•e•ra•ti

(ˌdɪdʒ əˈrɑ ti, -ˈreɪ-)
n.pl.
people skilled with or knowledgeable about computers.
[1990–95; dig(ital) + (lit)erati]
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His goal is to define and defend the value of a brand new "discipline" - memetics - whose catch-phrases are popular in the world of the digerati, if nowhere else yet.
The move to Core NAP completes another building block in Digerati's planned network enhancements that will continue improving the quality of its cloud-based communications services.
in San Bernardino, California, and former Black Digerati (see "Going Legit," Techwatch, July 2001).
But despite support from Hollywood digerati like Lucas and Zemeckis, the transition to digital film hasn't been simple.
Almost two years after the tech wreck began, the digerati appear to be feeling better about the future of newspaper Web sites
Through its subsidiaries, Synergy Telecom and T3 Communications, Digerati offers communication and network solutions, including cloud PBX, Internet broadband, SD-WAN, SIP trunking, and customised VoIP services, all delivered on its carrier-grade network.
From multiple reflections on robots to realistically illuminated skin, the way light rays are rendered is a prime focus of today's digerati. Indeed, two all-CG films in development hope to distinguish themselves with state-of-the-art lighting.
But many digerati also tend to be very critical of the profit motive and to view the increasing presence of commercial activity on the Net with worry and disdain; while they are outraged by government attempts to regulate Net content and to collect personal data, they are often no less offended when private businesses behave similarly.
What once seemed, well, ludicrous (at least to the digerati), now is making a lot of sense, and more than a few cents, for print publishers, including Gannett Co.
Yes you can, says Jim Romeo, author of the new book "Net Know How: Surviving the Blood-bath--Straight Talk from 25 Internet Entrepreneurs." You just have to think differently, and more traditionally, than many of the still wet-behind-the-ears digerati who created the dot-com bubble.
Mark Ostach of Digerati, Inc., said Munira, from Oman, gave their small company lessons on Arabic.