cybermagic

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ magic.

Noun

cybermagic (uncountable)

1. (informal) A notional type of magic said to underlie modern computing technology and the Internet.
   • 2001, Patricia Ensworth, The Accidental Project Manager: Surviving the Transition From Techie to Manager, New York, N.Y. […]: Wiley Computer Publishing, →ISBN, page 137:

     Many new project managers do a very thorough job of planning, scheduling, and budgeting their projects right up to the very end. Then they assume that when everyone has signed off on the product and it is ready to go, it will just somehow get launched. It's not that they believe in cybermagic; they simply have not scoped out the details. Often they are surprised by the complexity of the issues they are forced to deal with at the last minute.

   • 2008 January 27, Suzanne Slesin, “Modern 23 - One Jackson Square - Housing - A Little Cybermagic Builds the Unbuilt”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-26:

     I'll admit it. Looking at floor plans and trying to visualize walking through a space, figuring out how big the bathroom is and if my dining table will actually fit into the living room alcove, is not my strong suit. ¶ Neither is imagining what I will see from my Juliet balcony on the fifth floor when the building is not even on the way up. That's why videos and a sprinkling of cybermagic are new condominiums' best friends.

   • 2014, Lars Emmerich, The Incident: Season 2, Polymath Publishing, →ISBN, pages 306–307:

     She didn't have the exact address, but she had a good idea of the general vicinity, and she wanted to make good use of the time while Dan worked his cybermagic to find the precise location.

   • 2021 September 10, Matt Patches, “27 Matrix Resurrections trailer shots that reduced me to a fan-theorizing fanboy from 2002”, in Polygon‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

     Between the "power of love" trope and anime's history of fusion (Dragon Ball Z comes to mind) whatever cybermagic is at work here feels perfectly Matrix, a new evolution of what we know while being a throwback to all the Wachowskis' touchstones.