computer literacy

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comput′er lit′eracy, 

1. Computing familiarity with computers and how they work, esp. a nontechnical understanding of microcomputers and of the role computers play in modern society.

• 1975–80

com•put•er-lit•er•ate  (kəm pyo̅o̅′tər lit′ər it), adj.