Much anger and rage beset computing nuisance (8)

I believe the answer is:

irritant

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'nuisance' is the definition.
(irritant is a kind of nuisance)

'much anger and rage beset computing' is the wordplay.
'much anger' becomes 'ir' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rage' becomes 'rant'.
'beset' indicates putting letters inside.
'computing' becomes 'it' (IT is an abbreviation for Information Technology).
'rant' enclosing 'it' is 'ritant'.
'ir'+'ritant'='IRRITANT'

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(Other definitions for irritant that I've seen before include "Trouble" , "causing annoyance" , "Cause of itch" , "Something that chafes or annoys" , "Source of continual annoyance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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