tech-savvy

American  

[tek-sav-ee] / ˈtɛkˌsæv i /

Or tech savvy

adjective

1. having much knowledge of or skill with current technology, especially digital technology.

   You don't have to be a very tech-savvy teacher to use these online resources in your classroom.

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noun

1. Usually tech savvy knowledge of or skill with current technology, especially digital technology.

   If I can learn the software this quickly, with my limited tech savvy, then hopefully others can as well.

   There’s a group called Teen Tech Volunteers who use their tech-savvy to assist adults with basic computer usage.

Etymology

Origin of tech-savvy

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The companies winning today are those that have localized their supply chains and their design language to match a more frugal, nationalistic and tech-savvy consumer.

From MarketWatch

For example, in the 1960s the Supreme Court had to confront warrantless wiretapping; it was very difficult for judges in that age who were not tech-savvy to apply the Fourth Amendment to this technology, and they struggled to find a remedy when there was no actual intrusion into a structure.

From Salon

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Facebook that Cambodia considers "fighting tech-savvy crimes" a priority and aims at "eliminating all negative issues related to online scam crimes".

From BBC

But he feared a ban would easily be overcome by tech-savvy teens, at the same time absolving parents of responsibility.

From Barron's

Browne had roles in the 2004 film “Raising Helen,” which starred Kate Hudson as a jet-setting executive assistant at a modeling agency who suddenly finds herself appointed the guardian of her sister’s three children, and the 1995 crime thriller “Hackers,” about a group of tech-savvy teens who stumble upon a cyber crime, featuring Angelina Jolie.

From Los Angeles Times