Nerd, Geek, what are there meanings......

....and are they bad terms like they use to be.

I think we can all recall the movie "Revenge of the Nerds", and how they were portrayed in the moives. Then we see people like Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs, build there business during the same time, and now look at them, some of the richest men in the country, if not the world.

Meaning of Nerd, is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities

Meaning of Geek, is person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Most geeks are adept with computers, and treat the term hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves.

So as you can tell, really neither of these 2 terms are as bad as they were in the past, not since most people are rich because they either built the newest and latest technology, or they used the said technology to make there fortunes.