nerd A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly tec ...

is a person who is intellectually knowledgeable or bright, but socially inept. Nerd(s) or The Nerd(s) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* Nerd, a fictional creature from Dr. Seuss's 1950 book ''

If I Ran the Zoo ''If I Ran the Zoo'' is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss in 1950. The book is written in anapestic tetrameter, Seuss's usual verse type, and illustrated in Seuss's pen-and-ink style. Plot When young Gerald McGrew visits the zoo, he dis ...

''; often considered the first printed modern English appearance of the word *The Nerd, a character from the Adult Swim animated series ''

Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...

'' *

NERD (television production company) ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (officially abbreviated as P7S1, formerly ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG) is a German mass media & digital company. It operates in three segments: Entertainment, Dating and Commerce & Ventures. The company is listed on the Fran ...

, a company associated with ''Survivor'' creator Charlie Parsons * FC Nerds, reality television sports franchise *''

Nerds FC ''Nerds FC'' is an Australian television documentary featuring football. The first series of the show was aired as a lead-in for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on the Special Broadcasting Service network that featured coverage of the Australian nationa ...

'', a 2006 Australian television soccer documentary series *'' The Nerds'', a 1979 series of ''Saturday Night Live'' sketches * N.E.R.D.S., a book series * ''The Nerd'' (play), a 1981 Broadway comedy play written by American actor/playwright Larry Shue *

N.E.R.D N.E.R.D. (stylized as N⋆E⋆R⋆D and N.E.R.D, a backronym of No-one Ever Really Dies) is an American hip hop and rock band, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1999. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed by Teddy Riley (producer), Ted ...

, a rock/hip hop group fronted by Pharrell Williams *The Nerd, the main character from ''

Angry Video Game Nerd ''The Angry Video Game Nerd'' (abbreviated as ''AVGN'') is an American retrogaming review comedy web series created by and starring James Rolfe. The series centers on Rolfe's titular skit character, often simply shortened to "the Nerd" (sometime ...

'', a web series that started in 2004. *''

Nerds 2.0.1 ''Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet'' – also known as ''Glory of the Geeks'' – is a 1998 American PBS television documentary that explores the development of the ARPANET, the Internet, and the World Wide Web from 1969 to 1998. It w ...

'', a 1998 documentary film *

Rhett & Link Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III (born June 1, 1978) are an American comedy duo. Self-styled as "Internetainers" (a portmanteau of "Internet" and "entertainers"), they are known for creating and ...

, releasing the "Epic Rap Battle: Nerd vs. Geek".

Medicine

* NERDS syndrome, Nodules–eosinophilia–rheumatism–dermatitis–swelling syndrome * Nonerosive reflux disease, a form of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Technology

NeRD A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly tec ...

, Navy eReader Device, e-reader developed by the United States Navy * Nintendo European Research & Development, a software development firm *''NERD'', a science and technology journal published by students of the

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...

Other uses

NERD (sabermetrics) In baseball statistics, NERD is a quantitative measure of expected aesthetic value. NERD was originally created by Carson Cistulli and is part of his project of exploring the "art" of sabermetric research. The original NERD formula only took into ...

, a baseball statistic *

Nerds (candy) Nerds are an American candy launched in 1983 by the Sunmark Corporation under the brand name Willy Wonka Candy Company. Nerds are now made by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero Group. With their anthropomorphic covers, Nerds us ...

, a candy *

N3RD Street N3RD Street (also N3rd Street, N3RD St, Nerd Street) is a nickname for a segment of North 3rd Street in Philadelphia, between Market Street and Girard Avenue (spanning across the neighborhoods of Old City and Northern Liberties), and its surrou ...

, Philadelphia; "Nerd Street" aka "North Third Street" *

, a company associated with ''Survivor'' creator Charlie Parsons

Arts and entertainment

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