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cyberdeck en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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:
   • ...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:
2. (informal) A custom-built, portable computer.

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