Noun
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
Source: WordNetThe early cyberpunk idea was that networked computers would let us do our work at home, as freelancers, and then transact directly with peers over networks. Digital technology would create tremendous slack, allow us to apply its asynchronous, decentralized qualities to our own work and lives. Douglas Rushkoff
The cyberpunk circuitry of self-organizing planetary commoditronics escaped nominal bourgeois control in the late nineteenth century, provoking technocratic-corporatist (i. e. fascist / 'social democratic') political cultures in allergic reaction. Nick Land
There is a great deal of cyberpunk that I admire, especially the work of William Gibson which I think is excellent. Somehow he speaks from his own heart and cyber punk is what comes out. Robert Sheckley
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing. Daniel H. Wilson
Overall, she seemed to be going for a sort of mid-'80s postapocalyptic cyberpunk girl-next-door look. And it was working for me, in a big way. In a word:. Ernest Klein
Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image. Paul Di Filippo