cyberpunk
cy·ber·punk
noun
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
Origin
From cyber- + -punk, coined by American writer and software developer Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.
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