English edit

Etymology edit

cyber- +‎ industry

Noun edit

cyberindustry (countable and uncountable, plural cyberindustries)

  1. (uncountable) Industry as it relates to the Internet; e-business, e-commerce.
    • 1999, Business Week:
      But when it comes to cyberindustry, China is moving at Net speed. Driven by soaring computer sales, rapid expansion of China's telecom networks,...
    • 2008, Jeremy Tunstall, The media were American: U.S. mass media in decline:
      There has been much anticipation that India will become a big industrial exporter in general and a cyberindustry exporter in particular...
  2. (countable) A particular industry of this kind.
    • 2002, Roland Traunmüller, Information systems: the e-business challenge:
      The QQ is an internet-based insurance company pioneering business service attempting to establish a foothold in the cyberindustry.
    • 2008, Mary McGuire, Linda Stillborne, The Internet Hand Book for Writers, Students and Teachers:
      ...in-depth reporting on the latest Internet trends and where the cyberindustry is heading.