cyberequivalent
English
editEtymology
editFrom cyber- + equivalent.
Noun
editcyberequivalent (plural cyberequivalents)
- An equivalent of something, in terms of computers.
- 1997 December 15, Computerworld, volume 31, number 50:
- Anyone who has attended a technology conference or registered on a Web site is deluged with the cyberequivalent of junk mail.
- 1998, Jon Samsel, Darryl Wimberley, Writing for interactive media, page 67:
- This is the cyberequivalent of the campfire or the front porch and goes way back to oral traditions of storytelling.
- 2008, Linda Volonino, Reynaldo Anzaldua, Computer forensics for dummies, page 8:
- Big Mistake #1 is thinking that the Delete key is the cyberequivalent of a paper shredder.