Cyberelite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyberelite is a noun meaning An elite in the world of computers or in cyberspace.
Meaning
An elite in the world of computers or in cyberspace.
Example Sentences
We are often reminded that while members of a largely Western, male, and affluent cyberelite "amuse themselves in cyberspace, half the human race has never made a telephone call" (Tele-Haves and Have-Nots 1996).
The cyberelite made up of individuals such as Bill Gates, Mitch Kapor, and Esther Dyson emerged from a computer culture in the 1970s and 1980s that denigrated the government's role in the information age as that of an Orwellian big brother.
Word Forms
- cyberelites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include technoelite, cyberati, cyberexpert, cyberhero, cybercrew, cyberperson.
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