Cybercrud

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Computer jargon that serves to obscure and confuse. uncountable

    "If the signature is formatted innocuously, it just looks like cybercrud in the mail header to non-crypto-capable recipients."

  2. 2
    Any worthless material supplied by or relating to computers. uncountable

    "The headaches of junk mail fiber-crud pale beside the anxieties triggered by vivid multimedia cybercrud, served up on optical disks and communication links."

Example

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"If the signature is formatted innocuously, it just looks like cybercrud in the mail header to non-crypto-capable recipients."

Etymology

From cyber- + crud; coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in Computer Lib (1974).

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