Etymology of cyber

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adj

Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-. · Cybergoth.

noun

Everything having to do with the Internet considered collectively. · Everything having to do with digital threats considered collectively: cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare, cyberweapons, and so on.

verb

To engage in cybersex.

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Clipping of cybernetics, before becoming a stand-alone word.

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