/ ˈsaɪbənɔːt; NAmE ˈsaɪbərnɔːt/ noun ( computing )
1.
a person who wears special devices in order to experience virtual reality
2.
a person who uses the Internet
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WORD ORIGIN
1960s (in the senses robot and cyborg ): from cyber- , on the pattern of astronaut and aeronaut .