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cyberjihad

cyberjihad noun: jihad (Muslim holy war) conducted by means of computers and the Internet.

Noun

cyberjihad (countable and uncountable, plural cyberjihads)

  1. Jihad (Muslim holy war) conducted by means of computers and the Internet.
    • Palestinian hackers who support the al-Aqsa Intifadah have been waging a cyberjihad against Israeli government and commercial targets, defacing web sites and conducting DOS attacks.2001, United States Dept. Of Defense Office Of The Secre, John Arquilla, David F. Ronfeldt, Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, page 48
    • It should be noted that cyberjihad is rarely a product of the Islamic diaspora: it is more often led by the initiative of activist groups within the Muslim countries.2004, Jocelyne Cesari, When Islam and Democracy Meet, page 114

Forms of cyberjihad

pluralcyberjihads

Origin of cyberjihad

From cyber- + jihad.

Questions about cyberjihad

What does cyberjihad mean?
Cyberjihad means jihad (Muslim holy war) conducted by means of computers and the Internet.
What part of speech is cyberjihad?
Cyberjihad is a noun.
What is the plural of cyberjihad?
The plural of cyberjihad is cyberjihads.

Words near cyberjihad in the dictionary

  1. cyberize
  2. cyberized
  3. cyberizes
  4. cyberizing
  5. cyberjargon
  6. cyberjihad
  7. cyberjihadist
  8. cyberjihadists
  9. cyberjihads
  10. cyberjournal
  11. cyberjournalism

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