noun
1. a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
• Syn: ↑hacker, ↑cyber-terrorist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cyber-terrorism (for: ↑cyber-terrorist)
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Hypernyms: ↑programmer, ↑computer programmer, ↑coder, ↑software engineer, ↑terrorist
2. a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
3. a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
• Hypernyms: ↑science fiction
Useful english dictionary. 2012.