Korean slang profile
일렉트로칼라
ilrekteurokalra
Computer-proficient worker
A worker with excellent understanding of computers and skills in using them.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Feb 4, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
당시 칼럼은 컴퓨터 활용 능력이 뛰어난 일렉트로칼라를 주목했다.
The column of the time highlighted 일렉트로칼라 workers with excellent computer skills.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
An 전자신문 article dated 1998-02-04 introduced this expression and the relevant usage. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The independent spelling and definition in one article of the time were directly read. Its checked publication date is not the date of coinage or first popularity, and the extent of popular spread was not verified. Unlike 골든칼라 for specialist technical workers in general, the scope is limited to the excellent understanding and use of computers specified in the original.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- <웨이브> 일렉트로칼라 (전자신문)Published Feb 4, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026