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cyber-dependent

cyber-dependent adjective: of a crime: committed by means of a computer, and impossible to commit without one.

Adjective

cyber-dependent (not comparable)

  1. Of a crime: committed by means of a computer, and impossible to commit without one.
    • DDOS attacks and ransomware are cyber-dependent crimes.

Origin of cyber-dependent

From cyber- + dependent.

Questions about cyber-dependent

What does cyber-dependent mean?
Cyber-dependent means of a crime: committed by means of a computer, and impossible to commit without one.
What part of speech is cyber-dependent?
Cyber-dependent is an adjective.

Words near cyber-dependent in the dictionary

  1. cyber-Balkanization
  2. cyber-bullied
  3. cyber-bullies
  4. cyber-bully
  5. cyber-bullying
  6. cyber-dependent
  7. cyber-dissident
  8. cyber-dissidents
  9. cyber-enabled
  10. cyber-flashing
  11. cyber-goth

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