different between cyberpunk vs cyberjunk

English

Etymology

cyber- +? punk, coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.

Noun

cyberpunk (countable and uncountable, plural cyberpunks)

1. (science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
2. (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.

3. (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
   • 1989, SPIN magazine (volume 4, number 10, January 1989, page 50)

     […] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd^[sic], Bruce Sterling […]

4. (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.

Derived terms

• -punk

Related terms

• steampunk
• solarpunk

Translations

Further reading

• cyberpunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bruce Bethke (1997) , “The Etymology of Cyberpunk”, in brucebethke.com?^[2], archived from the original on 2013-07-16

Finnish

Noun

cyberpunk

1. Alternative spelling of kyberpunk

Declension

French

Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)

1. (science fiction) cyberpunk

Polish

Etymology

From English cyberpunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?s??b?r.pank/

Noun

cyberpunk m inan

1. (literature) cyberpunk (sci-fi subgenre)

Declension

Noun

cyberpunk m pers

1. cyberpunk (cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) cyberpunkowy

Further reading

• cyberpunk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• cyberpunk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)

1. cyberpunk

English

Etymology

cyber- +? junk

Noun

cyberjunk (uncountable)

1. (rare, informal) Worthless material on the Internet.
   • 1999, David W Schumann, Esther Thorson, Advertising and the World Wide Web

     As cyberjunk gives way to carefully targeted information, interest will shift (Mehta & Sivadas, 1995).

   • 2004, Joe Kraynak, Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages, 2005 Edition

     ...this site is designed to help you discern the valuable nutrition sites on the Web from those that are mere cyberjunk.