Cybermagic
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A notional type of magic said to underlie modern computing technology and the Internet. informal, uncountable
"Many new project managers do a very thorough job of planning, scheduling, and budgeting their projects right up to the very end. Then they assume that when everyone has signed off on the product and it is ready to go, it will just somehow get launched. It's not that they believe in cybermagic; they simply have not scoped out the details. Often they are surprised by the complexity of the issues they are forced to deal with at the last minute."
Example
More examples"Many new project managers do a very thorough job of planning, scheduling, and budgeting their projects right up to the very end. Then they assume that when everyone has signed off on the product and it is ready to go, it will just somehow get launched. It's not that they believe in cybermagic; they simply have not scoped out the details. Often they are surprised by the complexity of the issues they are forced to deal with at the last minute."
Etymology
From cyber- + magic.
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