cyberpunk

noun

a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies

a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology

a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

Roots

kybernetescyber- · Greek · steersman, control

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