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cyberterrorism

cyberterrorism noun: the deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.

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

Forms of cyberterrorism

alternative formcyber-terrorism
alternative formcyber terrorism

Origin of cyberterrorism

From cyber- + terrorism.

Questions about cyberterrorism

What does cyberterrorism mean?
Cyberterrorism means the deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
What part of speech is cyberterrorism?
Cyberterrorism is a noun.

Words near cyberterrorism in the dictionary

  1. cybertechnologies
  2. cybertechnology
  3. cyberterritories
  4. cyberterritory
  5. cyberterror
  6. cyberterrorism
  7. cyberterrorist
  8. cyberterrorists
  9. cybertext
  10. cybertexts
  11. cybertextual

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