What is the meaning of cyberpunk?

noun

  • A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism.
  • A writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology.
  • A genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies. .
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