Definitions

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  • noun science fiction A piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.

Etymologies

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cyber- +‎ deck, coined by William Gibson in Neuromancer (1984).

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Examples

  • My first Trapping was, not surprisingly, a cyberdeck; I ended up with a device no larger than a tennis ball which almost never crashes, is cheap enough to buy in bulk and can be manufactured AND operated by any Neanderthal who is close to hand.

    theRPGSite 2008

  • My first Trapping was, not surprisingly, a cyberdeck; I ended up with a device no larger than a tennis ball which almost never crashes, is cheap enough to buy in bulk and can be manufactured AND operated by any Neanderthal who is close to hand.

    theRPGSite 2008

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