Cyberpunk
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
Framework senses
- §1
- a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
- §2
- a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- §3
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism