Cyberpower

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Power exerted in or through the Internet or cyberspace. countable, uncountable

    "This is the fundamental dynamic between the cyberpowers of the individual and the social. It is also a dynamic driven forward by the third level of cyberpower."

  2. 2
    An entity possessing such power. countable

    "Major cyberpowers have engaged in cyberespionage on each other, and committed acts of disruption of information operations or degrading of stored information."

Example

More examples

"This is the fundamental dynamic between the cyberpowers of the individual and the social. It is also a dynamic driven forward by the third level of cyberpower."

Etymology

From cyber- + power.

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