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 t ...

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

Fictional characters

* Nerd, a fictional creature from Dr. Seuss's 1950 book '' If I Ran the Zoo'' * The Nerd, a character from the Adult Swim animated series ''

Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animation, adult stop motion, stop-motion animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The twelve-minute ...

'' * The Nerd, the main character in the ''

Angry Video Game Nerd ''Angry Video Game Nerd'' (''AVGN''; originally known as ''The Angry Nintendo Nerd'') is an American retrogaming review comedy web series starring and created by James Rolfe. The series centers on Rolfe's titular skit character, often simply ...

'' web series that started in 2004

Television

FC Nerds ''FC Nerds'' is a reality television sports franchise developed by Nordisk Film that originated in Denmark in 2004 from the television program '' FC Zulu''. The show follows a number of nerdy young men with no experience in playing association f ...

, reality television sports franchise * ''

Nerds FC ''Nerds FC'' is an Australian television documentary featuring association football, football. The #Series 1, 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 co ...

'', a 2006 Australian television soccer documentary series * '' The Nerds'', a 1979 series of ''Saturday Night Live'' sketches

Other media

* '' N.E.R.D.S.'', a book series * ''The Nerd'' (play), a 1981 Broadway comedy play written by Larry Shue *

N.E.R.D. N.E.R.D. (a backronym of No-one Ever Really Dies) was an American rock and hip-hop band, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1994. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed by Teddy Riley to Virgin. After producing songs for several artists ...

, a rock/hip hop group fronted by Pharrell Williams * '' Nerds 2.0.1'', a 1998 documentary film * ''NERD'', a science and technology journal published by students of the

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT- Kanpur or IIT-K) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), it was declared an Institute of National Importance by ...

Businesses

NERD (television production company) A nerd 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 Fictional characters * Nerd, a fictional creature from Dr. Seuss's 1950 book '' If I Ran the Zo ...

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

Nintendo European Research & Development Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD) is a French subsidiary for Nintendo, located in Paris, which develops software technologies and middleware for Nintendo platforms. This includes retro console emulators, patented video codecs, and d ...

, a French subsidiary of Nintendo

Medicine

Nodules–eosinophilia–rheumatism–dermatitis–swelling syndrome Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a disease characterized by a persistently elevated eosinophil count (≥ 1500 eosinophils/mm³) in the blood for at least six months without any recognizable cause, with involvement of either the heart, nervous sys ...

(NERDS syndrome) *

Nonerosive reflux disease Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a chronic upper gastrointestinal disease in which stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus, resulting in symptoms and/or ...

, a form of gastroesophageal reflux disease *

NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), also called NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease (N-ERD) or historically aspirin-induced asthma and Samter's Triad, is a long-term disease defined by three simultaneous symptoms: asthma, Sinusitis ...

(N-ERD)

Other uses

Navy eReader Device Navy eReader Device (NeRD) is an e-reader developed by the United States Navy's General Library Program for use aboard its submarines. E-reader Released in May 2014, it gives sailors accessibility to the Navy's library and various books while on a ...

(NeRD), e-reader developed by the United States Navy *

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 is 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. but is still distributed internationally by Nes ...

, 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, Pennsylvania, United States, between Market Street and Girard Avenue (spanning across the neighborhoods of Old City and Nort ...

, nickname for a segment of North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, US