cyberdeck

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ deck, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in 1984 in his novel Neuromancer.

Noun

cyberdeck (plural cyberdecks)

1. (science fiction) A piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.
   • 1991, Robert N Charrette, John Zeleznik, Joel Biske, Find Your Own Truth:

     More than twelve hours had passed since the decker had touched the cyberdeck keyboard.

   • 2002, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Edging Into the Future:

     ...then the interface that provides the experience — say, a cyberdeck — becomes a quantifiable metric of human experience as well as a commodity.

   • 2003, Karen Haber, Exploring the Matrix:

     ...people fused either temporarily or permanently with machinery (by brain implants, by jacking in to the cyberdeck, etc.)...

   • 2003, J R Urie, Assassin's Vendetta:

     ...a glove with silver metallic weaving and a black cord that was connected to his cyberdeck.