Definition of "digerati" [digerati]

• People who are knowledgeable about digital technologies such as computer programming and design: "the chasm between the high claims of the digerati and the misadventures of the novice Net user” ( Publisher's Weekly). (noun-plural)

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• "Mostly it was prohibitive long-distance calls or monthly service changes that separated the digerati from the small town folks like me and mine."
• "There are a lot of what one might call the "digerati" – the Clay Shirkys, Douglas Couplands, Steven Johnsons and Howard Rheingolds of this world."
• "It reads more like a rumor than a piece of news. and so are we to assume that all so-called digerati are riding the iPhone bandwagon?"