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cybernaut, n.
Brit. |ˈsʌɪbənɔːt|, U.S. |ˈsaɪbərˌnɔt|, |ˈsaɪbərˌnɑt|
[‹ cyber- comb. form + -naut comb. form.]
1. A robot; a cyborg.
1965Avengers (Television programme) (title of episode) The Cybernauts. 1985New Eng. Q. 58 613 [Wyndham] Lewis painted a world of cybernauts, turning Shakespeare's Timon into a ululating machine. 1992D. Adams Mostly Harmless vi. 65 Ford..yanked the flying robot in with him. He squatted down and peered at the burbling cybernaut. 2002Western Daily Press (Bristol) (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Features section) 3 Massive Attack musician Rob Del Naha has a giant cybernaut robot inside the front door of his Bristol flat.
2. A computer user or programmer. In later use chiefly: a (habitual or expert) user of the Internet.
1973A. B. Harris (title) The compleat cybernaut. 1989Personal Computing (Nexis) May 247 Cybernauts cannot yet live in cyberspace, but they at least have the satisfaction of knowing that their viral creations can. 1995Economist 8 Apr. 17/1 Whether a place on it [sc. the Internet] is physically located in Atlanta or Amsterdam matters little to a cybernaut. 2006Guardian (Nexis) 13 July 31 There is a community of voluntary cybernauts who..can tell sense from nonsense, and outnumber the minority of extremists, jerks and trolls.
3. A person who interacts with a virtual reality environment using computer technology.
1990Digital Rev. 16 July 12/4 As promising as the virtual reality may seem, however, would-be ‘cybernauts’ need to keep their enthusiasm in check. 1995Sci. Amer. Sept. 70/1 The technologies used..will..change radically during the coming decade, making the begoggled cybernaut as quaint an image as the undersea explorer in a heavy metal diving helmet. 2002Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 5 Oct. r12 Brightly coloured cubes represented blocks of information, and a goggles-wearing cybernaut would have the illusion of physically walking among them. |
