Etymology

cyberdeck

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Today it means: A piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace. Full definition →

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The story

From cyber- + deck, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in 1984 in his novel Neuromancer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.