cybernaut

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ -naut.

Noun

cybernaut (plural cybernauts)

1. A voyager in cyberspace; a user of the Internet or virtual reality.

   Synonyms: netizen, cybercitizen, cyberdenizen, internaut

   • 1991, Howard Rheingold, Virtual Reality: Exploring the Brave New Technologies:

     When a cybernaut shifts his gaze or waves her hand, the reality engine weaves the data stream from the cybernaut's sensors together with updated depictions...

   • 2000, Beatriz Boza, The Role of Country Promotion Agencies in Latin America:

     The clarity of page presentation does not depend solely on its design, but also on the configuration of the computer of the cybernaut who navigates it.

Derived terms

• cybernautic

Translations

voyager in cyberspace

Esperanto: retumanto Spanish: cibernauta (es) m or f