Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyberact

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-ber-act
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.

Example Sentences

"In the cybersecurity field, we do not have an attribution problem; we have a plausible-deniability problem. It is not that any cyberact is a mystery, given the great context of international events and history, but that cyberattacks can be conducted by a few individuals and those individuals can be disavowed by governments."
"In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement."

Etymology

From cyber- + act.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cyber-
Suffix: act

Inflected Forms

cyberacts (plural)

Questions

What does cyberact mean?: An act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.
Where does cyberact come from?: From cyber- + act.

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