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noun
A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: science fiction
noun
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: writer, author
noun
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hacker, cyber-terrorist
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Broader terms: programmer, computer programmer, coder, software engineer, terrorist
History
From cyber- + -punk, coined by American writer and software developer Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
