章 391: CTOS

People often equated geeks to hackers, but there were certain nuances between them.

An American slang, the word geek was originally used to describe people who were passionate about one or specific fields and invested a lot of time in its research⁠—mostly in the electronics field. In the beginning, the word carried a derogatory connotation, and in the early days of the P-revolution, the term was then extended to hackers, also with a negative overtone.

Nowadays, however, especially since the rise of Silicone Valley bigwigs like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, the term 'geek' was given a new meaning. It began to be labeled as a person who was free, creative, and breaking stereotypes. Indeed, geeks were such a group of people. They were the adventurers on the Internet, the hardware enthusiasts, hackers, technologists, programmers, engineers...