cyberpunk
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, cyber-terrorist • Derivationally related forms: cyber-terrorism (for: cyber-terrorist) • Topics: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act • Hypernyms: programmer, computer programmer, coder, software engineer, terrorist 2. a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology • Hypernyms: writer, author 3. a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies • Hypernyms: science fiction
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