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cyberdollar en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar English cyberdollar From cyber- + dollar.

Meanings

  1. cybercurrency worth one dollar
    • Over five thousand volunteers received a digital account with an initial capital of one hundred cyberdollars, or virtual money. With this capital, they could purchase goods and services, via the network […] 1996, Olivier Hance, Business & Law on the Internet, page 170:
    • To perform an amortized analysis, we use an accounting technique where we view the computer as a coin-operated appliance that requires the payment of one cyberdollar for a constant amount of computing time. 2014, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, Michael H. Goldwasser, Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, page 266:

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cyberdollars Number=Plur lexicographic