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cybersavvy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English savvy English cybersavvy From cyber- + savvy.

Meanings

1. (informal) Savvy with regard to computers or the Internet; technologically knowledgeable.
   • Want to know more about where your cybersavvy teenagers are spending their time on the Web? 2000, PC Mag, volume 19, number 20, page 13:
   • In cybersavvy Dublin, public-access terminals are in shopping malls, hotels, and hostels throughout the city center. 2006, Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Frommer's Ireland from $90 a Day:
   • We may be in store for a new era of cybersavvy candidates who campaign well online, limiting the pool of potential leaders. 1998, Richard Davis, Diana Marie Owen, New Media and American Politics:

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