cybercommand

noun

cybercommand

noun

Etymology From cyber- + command.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War A facility capable of launching attacks in cyberspace.

  • The decision to create a cybercommand is a major step beyond the actions taken by the Bush administration, which authorized several computer-based attacks but never resolved the question of how the government would prepare for a new era of warfare fought over digital networks.2009 May 29, David E. Sanger, “Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Wars in Cyberspace”, in New York Times:

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