Meanings
alternative cyber-terrorism · alternative cyber terrorism
- uncountablecomputingThe deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
Youths from California, Michigan and Israel were also found to have discussed cyberterrorism in some chat rooms and are suspected of trying to inject a malicious computer code into the Web servers that form the communications backbone of the Internet, Mr. McLaughlin said.
2001 January 15, Victoria Shannon, quoting Matt McLaughlin, “Internet Conspiracy”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN
Origin
- Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
- Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
- Englishcyberneticclip.
- Englishcyber-
- Proto-Indo-European*tres-
- Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
- Proto-Italic*troseō
- Latinterreō
- Latinterror
- Old Frenchterreur
- Middle Frenchterreur
- Frenchterreur
- Frenchterrorisme
- Englishterrorism
- Englishcyberterrorism
From cyber- + terrorism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech kyberterorismus
- kyberterorismusterrorism on the Internet
Dutch cyberterrorisme
- cyberterrorismeterrorism on the Internet
Finnish kyberterrorismi
- kyberterrorismiterrorism on the Internet
French cyberterrorisme
- cyberterrorismeterrorism on the Internet
Portuguese ciberterrorismo
- ciberterrorismoterrorism on the Internet
Spanish ciberterrorismo
- ciberterrorismoterrorism on the Internet
Cite this entry
cyberterrorism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberterrorism
“cyberterrorism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberterrorism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberterrorism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberterrorism.
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