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cyber-dependent

adj

Etymology

From cyber- + dependent.

  1. derived from dēpendēns
  2. derived from dependant
  3. inherited from dependaunt
  4. prefixed as cyber-dependent — “cyber + dependent”

Definitions

  1. Of a crime

    Of a crime: committed by means of a computer, and impossible to commit without one.

    • DDOS attacks and ransomware are cyber-dependent crimes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyber-dependent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA