cybercommand

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cyber- +‎ command

Noun[edit]

cybercommand (uncountable)

  1. (military) A facility capable of launching attacks in cyberspace.
    • 2009 May 29, David E. Sanger, “Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Wars in Cyberspace”, in New York Times[1]:
      The decision to create a cybercommand is a major step beyond the actions taken by the Bush administration, which authorized several computer-based attacks but never resolved the question of how the government would prepare for a new era of warfare fought over digital networks.