cyberinfrastructure

noun

The research environments that support advanced data acquisition, storage, management, integration, visualization etc. over the Internet.

OriginEnglish infrastructure ← Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós) →
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Meanings

nouncyberinfrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural cyberinfrastructures)

plural cyberinfrastructures

  1. countableuncountablecomputingThe research environments that support advanced data acquisition, storage, management, integration, visualization etc. over the Internet.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  2. Englishcyberneticclip.
  3. Englishcyber-
  4. Englishinfrastructure
  5. Englishcyberinfrastructure

From cyber- + infrastructure.

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APA

cyberinfrastructure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberinfrastructure

MLA

“cyberinfrastructure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberinfrastructure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberinfrastructure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberinfrastructure.

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