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cyber
1[sahy-ber]
noun
(used alone as a substitute for many compound words that begin with the combining form cyber-, as cyberattack, cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, orcyberwarfare ): Ethical hackers are being recruited for careers in cyber.
GPS may be vulnerable to jamming and cyber.
Ethical hackers are being recruited for careers in cyber.
adjective
of or relating to computers, typically to one of the technology domains named with the combining form cyber-, as cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare, or cyberattack: several cyber breaches; cyber plots.
a cyber threat;
several cyber breaches;
cyber operations;
cyber plots.
verb (used without object)
to engage in cybersex.
People playing the MMO were cybering in voice chat, sometimes without even creating a separate channel to keep it private.
cyber-
2a combining form meaning “computer,” “computer network,” or “virtual reality,” used in the formation of compound words (cybertalk; cyberart; cyberspace ) and by extension meaning “expressing visions of the future” (cyberfashion ).
cyber-
combining form
indicating computers
cyberphobia
–
A prefix that means “computer” or “computer network,” as in cyberspace, the electronic medium in which online communication takes place.
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Example Sentences
There are MBEs for teenage world darts champion Luke Littler and Love Island star Georgia Harrison for her work on online privacy and cyber crime.
And beyond conventional weapons, Iran also has pretty significant cyber capabilities that it has used against Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia, among others.
Before that, US and Israeli cyber sleuths were able to insert a devastating computer virus, codenamed Stuxnet, into Iran's centrifuges, which caused them to spin out of control.
The force's cyber team has now concluded the deletion was "most likely to be the action of an individual" but the loss "was not caused or contributed to by any systemic corruption within NUH".
M&S was hit by a cyber attack over the Easter weekend, which initially affected its click and collect and contactless payments.
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When To Use
Cyber- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “computer” or "computer network." In many instances, it is used to refer generally to the internet. It is often used in technical terms, especially in computer science.Cyber- comes from a shortening of the term cybernetics, meaning “the study of communication and control in humans and mechanical systems.” Cybernetics ultimately comes from Greek ḗtŧ, meaning "helmsman" or "steersman.” Learn more about cybernetics (and how it is related to the word govern) at our entry for the term.
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