Cyberpunk
WordNet
noun
(1) A genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
(2) A writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
(3) A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story.
Noun
- A sub-genre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality, founding practitioners being Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, John Shirley and Rudy Rucker.