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cyberwarfare  

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  • At the most general level, cyberwarfare refers to a new type of war that relies on computers and other digital technologies as primary weapons. The term cyberwar does not have a single definition; the inflection of the term changes depending on whether it appears in a military report, a newspaper story, or an activist manifesto. [Source: Encyclopedia of New Media; Cyberwarfare]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cyberwarfare

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