cyberpunk (n.)

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

    [ Syn: hacker , hacker , cyber-terrorist , cyber-terrorist ]

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

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

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