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| '''Noob''', '''newb''' or '''newbie''' is a ] term for a ] or ], or somebody inexperienced in any given profession or activity. Contemporary use can particularly refer to a beginner or new user of computers, often concerning ] activity, such as ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Misc/welaish.html |title=MIT.edu |publisher=Web.mit.edu |date= |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}</ref> or ] use.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.linuxquestions.org |title=LinuxQuestions.org |publisher=LinuxQuestions.org |date= |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://ubuntuforums.org |title=Ubuntu Forums |publisher=Ubuntu Forums |date= |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}</ref> It can have derogatory connotations, but is also often used for descriptive purposes only, without a value judgment. But nowadays it is also used for abuse in internet-based games. | |||
| The term's origin is uncertain. Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century ] ], though possible precursor terms are much earlier. Variant forms of the noun include newby and newbee, while the related term ] (often spelled n00b) is often used in online gaming. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Its etymology is uncertain. It may derive from "newie", which is attested in U.S. and Australian sources of the 1850s and means a neophyte in a place or situation; alternatively, it may derive from the British ] slang "new boy" or "new blood", which is attributed to the same era and was applied to a schoolboy in his first term.<ref name="oed">"" ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989, ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, (subscription needed) March 8, 2010.</ref> | |||
| In the 1960s–1970s the term "newbie" had a limited usage among U.S. troops in the ] as a slang term for a new man in a unit.<ref>Entry for ''newbie'' in John Robert Elting, Ernest L. Deal, and Dan Cragg, ''A Dictionary of Soldier Talk'', New York: ], 1984, p. 209. {{ISBN|0-684-17862-1}}</ref> Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the ] newsgroup ''talk.bizarre''.<ref name="esr">{{cite web|url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/N/newbie.html |title=Newbie |publisher=Catb.org |work=] |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2009}}</ref> The term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.<ref>{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: some (should-be) ground-rules for submissions to comp.binaries.* |author=Dyker, Barbara |date=June 1, 1988 |newsgroup=comp.sys.mac |url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/68659de9d2d8e42d?hl=en |accessdate=May 5, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ==Variants== | |||
| Coming from an oral tradition, the term has various spellings. Among alternative forms are newby, nubie, and "newbee" (e.g. '']'' of August 1985: ''"It had to do with newbees. I could be wrong on the spelling, but newbees are the rookies among the Blue Angels..."'').<ref name="oed"/> Another use of the term newbee was the moniker given to new US Navy recruit students attending Basic Electricity and Electronics school by more senior students. A requisite course prior to enrollment in the A-school course at Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, TN | |||
| Two related terms are "newB", a beginner who is willing to learn; and "]", a derogatory name for an inexperienced or under-talented hacker or gamer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/words-online-gaming-opinions-books-newbs.html|title=Gamer Speak for Newbs|work=] |author=Broek, Anna Vander |date=April 23, 2009|accessdate=February 16, 2010}}</ref> who lacks the determination to learn. "noob" was among candidates for the one-millionth English word selection by the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5285085/One-millionth-English-word-could-be-defriend-or-noob.html|title=One millionth English word could be 'defriend' or 'noob'|work=telegraph.co.uk |publisher=] |date=May 6, 2009|author=Moore, Matthew|accessdate=February 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.languagemonitor.com/news/millionth-word-finalists-announced038 |title=The Global Language Monitor: Millionth Word Finalists Announced |work=] |quote=N00b – From the Gamer Community; a neophyte in playing a particular game; used as a disparaging term. |date=May 29, 2009 |accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| In ], the equivalent term is '']''; the opposite is ], or "highly skilled".{{cn|date=May 2017}} | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| {{Portal|Internet}} | |||
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| * ], another term for someone new to a unit used in the ] | |||
| * ], a pejorative term for inexperienced computer users | |||
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