Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

neophilia
     
        /nee"oh-fil"-ee-*/ The trait of being excited and pleased by
        novelty.  Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of
        several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including
        the pro-technology "Whole Earth" wing of the ecology movement,
        space activists, many members of Mensa, and the
        Discordian/neo-pagan underground.  All these groups overlap
        heavily and (where evidence is available) seem to share
        characteristic hacker tropisms for science fiction, music,
        and oriental food.  The opposite tendency is "neophobia".
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1999-06-04)