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cyberequivalent

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + equivalent.

Definitions

  1. An equivalent of something, in terms of computers.

    • Anyone who has attended a technology conference or registered on a Web site is deluged with the cyberequivalent of junk mail.
    • This is the cyberequivalent of the campfire or the front porch and goes way back to oral traditions of storytelling.
    • Big Mistake #1 is thinking that the Delete key is the cyberequivalent of a paper shredder.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberequivalent. 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