cyberdeck

cyberdeck noun: a piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.

Noun

cyberdeck (plural cyberdecks)

A piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.
- More than twelve hours had passed since the decker had touched the cyberdeck keyboard.1991, Robert N Charrette, John Zeleznik, Joel Biske, Find Your Own Truth
- ...then the interface that provides the experience — say, a cyberdeck — becomes a quantifiable metric of human experience as well as a commodity.2002, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Edging Into the Future
(informal) A custom-built, portable computer.

...people fused either temporarily or permanently with machinery (by brain implants, by jacking in to the cyberdeck, etc.)...2003, Karen Haber, Exploring the Matrix:
...a glove with silver metallic weaving and a black cord that was connected to his cyberdeck.2003, J R Urie, Assassin's Vendetta:

plural	cyberdecks

From cyber- + deck, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in 1984 in his novel Neuromancer.

What does cyberdeck mean?: Cyberdeck means a piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.
How do you use cyberdeck in a sentence?: ...people fused either temporarily or permanently with machinery (by brain implants, by jacking in to the cyberdeck, etc.)...
What part of speech is cyberdeck?: Cyberdeck is a noun.
What is the plural of cyberdeck?: The plural of cyberdeck is cyberdecks.

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