ALL meanings of cyberpunk
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C c - uncountable noun cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction. 3
- noun cyberpunk a genre of science fiction that features rebellious computer hackers and is set in a dystopian society integrated by computer networks 3
- noun cyberpunk a writer of cyberpunk 3
- noun cyberpunk a type of science fiction typically describing a violent, urban future in which computers and drugs predominate 3
- noun cyberpunk hacker (sense 3) 3
- noun cyberpunk A genre of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology. 1
- noun cyberpunk science fiction featuring extensive human interaction with supercomputers and a punk ambiance. 1
- noun cyberpunk Slang. a computer hacker. 1
- noun cyberpunk science fiction subgenre 1
- noun Definition of cyberpunk in Technology /si:'ber-puhnk/ (Originally coined by SF writer Bruce Bethke and/or editor Gardner Dozois) A subgenre of SF launched in 1982 by William Gibson's epoch-making novel "Neuromancer" (though its roots go back through Vernor Vinge's "True Names" to John Brunner's 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider"). Gibson's near-total ignorance of computers and the present-day hacker culture enabled him to speculate about the role of computers and hackers in the future in ways hackers have since found both irritatingly na"ive and tremendously stimulating. Gibson's work was widely imitated, in particular by the short-lived but innovative "Max Headroom" TV series. See cyberspace, ice, jack in, go flatline. Since 1990 or so, popular culture has included a movement or fashion trend that calls itself "cyberpunk", associated especially with the rave/techno subculture. Hackers have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, self-described cyberpunks too often seem to be shallow trendoids in black leather who have substituted enthusiastic blathering about technology for actually learning and *doing* it. Attitude is no substitute for competence. On the other hand, at least cyberpunks are excited about the right things and properly respectful of hacking talent in those who have it. The general consensus is to tolerate them politely in hopes that they'll attract people who grow into being true hackers. 1
- noun cyberpunk (Uncountable Noun) (science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality. 0
- noun cyberpunk (Countable Noun) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life. 0
- noun cyberpunk (Countable Noun) A writer of cyberpunk fiction. 0