cyberpunk
/si:' ber-puhnk/ (Originally coined by SF writer Bruce Bethke and/or editor Gardner Dozois) A subgenre of SF launched in 1982 by William Gibson' s epoch-making novel "Neuromancer" (though its roots go back through Vernor Vinge' s "True Names" to John Brunner' s 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider"). Gibson' s near-total ignorance of computers and the present-day hacker culture enabled him to speculate about the role of computers and hackers in the future in ways hackers have since found both irritatingly na"ive and tremendously stimulating. Gibson' s work was widely imitated, in particular by the short-lived but innovative "Max Headroom" TV series. See cyberspace, ice, jack in, go flatline. Since 1990 or so, popular culture has included a movement or fashion trend that calls itself "cyberpunk", associated especially with the rave/techno subculture. Hackers have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, self-described cyberpunks too often seem to be shallow trendoids in black leather who have substituted enthusiastic blathering about technology for actually learning and *doing* it. Attitude is no substitute for competence. On the other hand, at least cyberpunks are excited about the right things and properly respectful of hacking talent in t hose who have it. The general consensus is to tolerate them politely in hopes that they' ll attract people who grow into being true hackers. [ Jargon File] In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ au ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ bg ] [ blat ] [ bo ] [ bot ] [ bs ] [ by ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computer ] [ con ] [ cons ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ cy ] [ cyber ] [ cyberspace ] [ D ] [ de ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ epoch ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fas ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ flat ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ gen ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ gn ] [ go flatline ] [ gr ] [ gs ] [ gy ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hat ] [ hing ] [ hk ] [ hn ] [ hop ] [ hose ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ hu ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ include ] [ int ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ jack in ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ kw ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ line ] [ lite ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ man ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ mu ] [ N ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nn ] [ no ] [ nr ] [ ns ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ oz ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ pop ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ rave ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ room ] [ root ] [ row ] [ ru ] [ run ] [ S ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ Shockwave ] [ si ] [ sl ] [ so ] [ space ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ su ] [ T ] [ technology ] [ tf ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ true hacker ] [ tt ] [ TV ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ us ] [ V ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ V series ] [ wav ] [ William Gibson ] [ write ]
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