Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cybercrud

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-ber-crud
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Computer jargon that serves to obscure and confuse.

Uncountable

noun

Any worthless material supplied by or relating to computers.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If the signature is formatted innocuously, it just looks like cybercrud in the mail header to non-crypto-capable recipients."
"The headaches of junk mail fiber-crud pale beside the anxieties triggered by vivid multimedia cybercrud, served up on optical disks and communication links."

Etymology

From cyber- + crud; coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in Computer Lib (1974).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cyber

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does cybercrud mean?: Computer jargon that serves to obscure and confuse.
Where does cybercrud come from?: From cyber- + crud; coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in Computer Lib (1974).

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