Cambridge Professional English Infotech English for computer users Fourth Editiorf

CU-SeeMe/,si: ,ju: ,si: 'mi: In A video­conferencing program from Cornell university, cybercafe /'saiba.kaefei/ n A place where you can use computers with internet access for a fee; also called an internet cafe. cybercrime /'saib9,kraim/ n Crimes perpetrated over the Net. cyberculture /'saiba.kAlJa/ n Culture emerging from the use of ICT systems, cyberslacker /'saiba.slaeka / n An employee who uses his company's internet connection during working hours to chat with friends, play games, etc.
cyberspace /'saiba.speis/ n A term originated by William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer, now used to refer to the virtual world of computers and the Internet.
cyberstalking /'saiba,sto:kir)/ n Online harassment or abuse, mainly in chat rooms and forums.
cyborg /'saiboig/ n A term invented by M. Clynes and N. Kline in 1960 to describe a cybernetic organism, a being that is part robot, part human.
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data /'deita/ n Information in an electronic form that can be stored and processed by a computer, data processing /'delta .prausesir)/ nThe performing of operations on data to obtain information or solutions to a problem, data transfer rate/,deita 'traensf3: ,reit/nThe average speed at which data can be transmitted from one device to another, often measured in megabytes per second.