Any reason for calling people "newbies"?

[magnum.arcanum]

I thought "Newbies" meant; A person new to computers and computer networks; computer neophyte.  This is used to refer to new people on JOS.  Is there some other definition I didn't see or something?  A “newcomer” is a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival. A “novice” is a person who has been received into a religious order or congregation for a period of probation before taking vows.  Why not "novices"?  No big thing for me - just curious. 

 

[enemyofjezzuz]

"Newbie", or the term "noob", simply means someone that is just starting out and is new at something.  It is not offensive because everyone starts there at some point.  Even the biggest experts in a field start out as "noobs" when they first start.  It is something to develop past, and experience does just that.

 

[KC EMMANUEL]

okay can a call pls




  "Newbie", or the term "noob", simply means someone that is just starting out and is new at something.  It is not offensive because everyone starts there at some point.  Even the biggest experts in a field start out as "noobs" when they first start.  It is something to develop past, and experience does just that.

 

[magnum.arcanum]

Didn't "Forth Reich' just mention the use of slang and swearing? Thank you!  I found "noob".  It's slang.Newbie - A 1965-1970's slang term for somebody inexperienced with computers and the internet.  Its 2014 people.Noob - A shortening of the term Newbie.  That statement is incorrect.  A noob is a person who is new to an online community and whose online participation and interactions display a lack of skill or knowledge (regarding the use of the computer).  Novice - A person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner.Novice is a real word.  Noob and Newbie are not real words.  They are slang.  Lesson To Be Learnedictionaries are sacred documents.  The enemy knows this.  That is why the American Psychiatric Association took dictionaries and reading class out of public schools in 1963 and that's why we are having this conversation right now about "Noobs".  Boobs, I'm OK with - Noobs; stupid, archaic slang term.