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cyber terrorism

cyber terrorism is the alternative spelling of cyberterrorism.

Meaning of cyberterrorism

Noun

cyberterrorism (uncountable)

  1. The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
    • Youths from California, Michigan and Israel were also found to have discussed cyberterrorism in some chat rooms and are suspected of trying to inject a malicious computer code into the Web servers that form the communications backbone of the Internet, Mr. McLaughlin said.2001 January 15, Victoria Shannon, quoting Matt McLaughlin, “Internet Conspiracy”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN

Questions about cyber terrorism

What is cyber terrorism the alternative spelling of?
Cyber terrorism is the alternative spelling of cyberterrorism.

Words near cyber terrorism in the dictionary

  1. cyber dissidents
  2. Cyber Monday
  3. Cyber Mondays
  4. cyber squatter
  5. cyber squatters
  6. cyber terrorism
  7. cyber transport
  8. cyber transport system
  9. cyber transport systems
  10. cyber-
  11. cyber-attack

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