How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?

[Alina Israeli]

>How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?

My friend in St. Petersburg who co-authored a few computer books and
dictionaries wrote to me that "it should be obvious" (he meant me, of
course), since they are just the same "gik" and "nerd". A bit of a search
gives a few examples:

системы"::Информационные технологии::Computerworld::
Бизнес::Нерд - птица программирующая,Что ...
www.osp.ru/cw/2000/40/020_0.htm

Вы думаете, что это молодой человек не старше тридцати, компьютерный гик в
очках ...
www.afn.ru/resources/articles/first.shtml

Whether they can be affectionate, it probably depends on who says about
whom and to whom.

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 Alina Israeli
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 Washington, DC 20016

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