cyberpower
nounEtymology From cyber- + power.
1
Power exerted in or through the Internet or cyberspace.
- This is the fundamental dynamic between the cyberpowers of the individual and the social. It is also a dynamic driven forward by the third level of cyberpower.2002, Tim Jordan, Cyberpower: An Introduction to the Politics of Cyberspace, page 212:
2
An entity possessing such power.
- Major cyberpowers have engaged in cyberespionage on each other, and committed acts of disruption of information operations or degrading of stored information.2014, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, page 45:
- Related terms
- cyberattack, cyberdefense, cyberextortion, cybersecurity, cyberspace, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, cyberwarfare
- Coordinate terms
- airpower, seapower, sea power, spacepower