Newbie

Newbie^[a] is a slang term for a novice, newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in a given profession or activity. In particular, it may refer to a new user of computers, and often concerns Internet activity, such as online gaming^[1] or Linux use.^[2][3]

The origin of this term is uncertain. Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century United States Armed Forcesjargon, though possible precursor terms date much earlier. The related term noob (often stylized as n00b) is frequently used in online gaming.

The etymology of the term is uncertain. It may derive from "newie", which is attested in U.S. and Australian sources of the 1850s, meaning a neophyte in a place or situation; alternatively, it may derive from the British public school slang "new boy" or "new blood", which is attributed to the same era and was applied to a schoolboy in his first term.^[4]

In the 1960s and 1970s, the term "newbie" had a limited usage among U.S. troops in the Vietnam War as a slang term for a new man in a unit.^[5]

Another use of the term newbie was the moniker given to new U.S. 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, Tennessee.

The earliest appearance of the term on the Internet may have been on the Usenet newsgrouptalk.bizarre.^[6]By 1988, it had already entered online usage.^[7]

Coming from an oral tradition, the term has various spellings. Among alternative forms are "newby", "nubie", and "newbee" (e.g. Los Angeles Times of August 1985: "It had to do with newbees. I could be wrong on the spelling, but newbies are the rookies among the Blue Angels.").^[4]

In 2000, Electronic Arts released The Sims. The game featured a tutorial house with a family called The Newbies.^[8]

Las distintas grafías pueden tener connotaciones muy diferentes; así, en algunos contextos, un "newb" se refiere a un principiante dispuesto a aprender, ^{[ 9 ]} mientras que un " noob " se refiere despectivamente a un hacker o jugador inexperto o con poco talento que carece de la determinación para aprender. ^{[ 9 ]}

• En coreano , el término equivalente es chobo o hasu , lo opuesto a gosu , que significa "altamente hábil".
• En chino , cainiao ( chino simplificado :菜鸟; chino tradicional :菜鳥; pinyin : càiniǎo ; lit. ' pájaro vegetal ' ). Se originó en Hong Kong ^{[ 10 ]} o en el ejército taiwanés . Se convirtió en un término de jerga de Internet utilizado en la comunidad de habla china .

• FNG , otro término para referirse a alguien nuevo en una unidad, utilizado en la Guerra de Vietnam.
• Luser , un término peyorativo para usuarios de computadoras sin experiencia.

• Merriam Webster sobre los principiantes