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infonaut

infonaut noun: one who navigates the information superhighway; an Internet user.

Noun

infonaut (plural infonauts)

  1. One who navigates the information superhighway; an Internet user.
    • Because he started out young in a field that was young itself, [Alan] Kay was one of the first of the generation of infonauts, the ones who grew up with the tools created by the pioneers, and who have been using them to create a medium for the rest of us.1985, Rheingold, Howard, Tools for thought: the people and ideas behind the next computer revolution, Chapter 11. Computer Book Division/Simon & Schuster.
    • […] the networked teacher—the infonaut charting a course with her students across the vast terrain of Internet communities, databases, and WWW sites—can connect with other teachers in on-line professional communities […]1996, Carmen Luke Singh, ekastasis@cyberia. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 17(2):187-207

Synonyms of infonaut

Forms of infonaut

pluralinfonauts

Origin of infonaut

From info + -naut.

Questions about infonaut

What does infonaut mean?
Infonaut means one who navigates the information superhighway; an Internet user.
What part of speech is infonaut?
Infonaut is a noun.
What is the plural of infonaut?
The plural of infonaut is infonauts.

Words near infonaut in the dictionary

  1. infommercial
  2. infommercials
  3. infomorph
  4. infomorphs
  5. infon
  6. infonaut
  7. infonauts
  8. infons
  9. infoporn
  10. infopreneur
  11. infopreneurial

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