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| | What is newbie? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: newb, noob, n00b |
 | | According to Eric Raymond's The New Hacker's Dictionary, Newbie is a variant of the English public school term, new boy, someone in the first year or period of school. |
 | | Newb, noob, and n00b, (the central characters in the latter term are zeroes, visually suggestive of a pair of wide eyes) are commonly used short forms. |
 | | Noob and n00b are sometimes used to indicate a newbie who has unwarranted confidence in their knowledge and/or abilities. |
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