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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
A custom-built, portable computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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History
From cyber- + deck, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in 1984 in his novel Neuromancer.
