computeritis

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any ailment relating to or caused by computers, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

2. 2

   The mistaken belief that computers are the answer to every problem.

   • The sheer volume of detail involved in keypunching and verifying or batch totaling comes as a shock to executives infected with "computeritis" who see only the impressive, instantaneous response at the airline ticket counter.
   • […] waiting impatiently for eager Joe Beaver to take his year's paternity leave to counteract that rigid, number-bound computeritis he got along with his MBA.
   • The existence of such problems [that cannot be solved by computations alone] ought to furnish at least a partial antidote to the disease of computeritis, which seems so rampant today.

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