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cyberwarfare

cyberwarfare noun: warfare taking place on the Internet, as by disrupting critical online services.

Noun

cyberwarfare (uncountable)

  1. Warfare taking place on the Internet, as by disrupting critical online services.
    • The geth models collectively dubbed "hoppers" by Alliance forces are electronic warfare platforms. They can project electromagnetic radiation across a broad spectrum as an offensive weapon. They can also perform cyber warfare attacks against the onboard computers of body armor hardsuits and...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Geth: Hoppers Codex entry
    • Many [computer attacks of Chinese origin] are believed to be linked to cyberwarfare units of the People's Liberation Army acting on behalf of state-owned, or state-affiliated, Chinese companies.2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times

cyberwarfare meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Persian

cyberwarfare in Hindi

warfare taking place on the Internet
सायबर युद्ध sāybar yuddh

cyberwarfare in Tamil

கணினித் தொழில்நுட்பத் தாக்குதல்

cyberwarfare in Persian

warfare taking place on the Internet
جنگ سایبری jang-e sâyberi

Synonyms of cyberwarfare

Origin of cyberwarfare

From cyber- + warfare.

Questions about cyberwarfare

What does cyberwarfare mean?
Cyberwarfare means warfare taking place on the Internet, as by disrupting critical online services.
What is cyberwarfare in Hindi?
Cyberwarfare in Hindi is सायबर युद्ध (sāybar yuddh). See Cyberwarfare meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cyberwarfare?
Cyberwarfare is a noun.

Words near cyberwarfare in the dictionary

  1. cybervulnerability
  2. cyberwallet
  3. cyberwallets
  4. cyberwar
  5. cyberware
  6. cyberwarfare
  7. cyberwarrior
  8. cyberwarriors
  9. cyberwars
  10. cyberweapon
  11. cyberweaponry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cyberwarfare (page history and authors); cyberwarfare (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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