TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

CIBERNAUTA [6 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
  • Vocabulary of the Terminology Bank
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A prefix added to a word to transpose its reality in cyberspace.

Key term(s)
  • cyber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
  • Vocabulaire de la Banque de terminologie
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Préfixe que l'on ajoute à un mot existant pour en transposer la réalité dans le cyberespace.

OBS

[Le mot cyber] indique qu'un lieu, une chose, une personne, etc. existent [sur] Internet : cybermarché, cyberpornographie, cyberpolice. Utilisé seul, le mot «cyber» peut désigner selon le contexte : le cyberespace, la cyber-culture ou l'ensemble des nouvelles technologies.

Key term(s)
  • cyber

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lexicología, lexicografía y terminología
  • Vocabulario del banco de terminología
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Elemento compositivo creado por acortamiento del adjetivo cibernético, que forma parte de términos relacionados con el mundo de las computadoras u ordenadores y de la realidad virtual [...]

OBS

ciber-: Como elemento compositivo, "ciber-" es átono, por lo que debe escribirse sin tilde y unido sin guion al otro elemento del compuesto. En cambio, el sustantivo "cíber" sí debe escribirse con tilde ("cíber").

PHR

ciberataque, cibercriminal, ciberespacio, cibernauta, ciberseguridad

Key term(s)
  • ciber
Save record 1

Record 2 2025-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

A computational process that involves humans in [the performance of] certain steps is generally called "human-based computation," or simply "human computation."

OBS

human-based computation; human-assisted computation; human computation: designations validated by Canadian subject-field experts from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Laval University and Microsoft Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
OBS

traitement assisté par l'humain : désignation validée par des spécialistes canadiens de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université Dalhousie, de l'Université Laval et de Microsoft Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

[...] si una aplicación web, además de entretener al cibernauta, puede aprovechar la actividad realizada por el mismo para resolver una porción de un problema global [...] se considera que el problema queda resuelto gracias a la inteligencia colectiva; este tipo de problemas [pertenece al] campo de acción de la nueva área computacional llamada "computación humana" [...]

Save record 2

Record 3 2023-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Recreation
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[…] a person who gives priority to the Internet over his or her family, friends, and work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des loisirs
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Personne ayant une dépendance à Internet.

CONT

Le fait de prioriser les cyberrelations au détriment des relations amicales et familiales réelles peut mener à la détérioration de ces dernières contribuant ainsi à l'isolement du cyberdépendant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la recreación
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

¿Qué es entonces lo que consideramos un ciberadicto? Pues quien teniendo una trayectoria de vida en la que el uso de Internet representaba una actividad compatible con sus relaciones personales, con su trabajo y no le producía sentimientos de culpabilidad, cambia su comportamiento por un exceso de tiempo dedicado a navegar, jugar, comunicarse o comprar por Internet y se transforma en un problema para el sujeto y las personas de su entorno.

Save record 3

Record 4 2010-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Someone who travels into cyberspace by using the Internet.

CONT

The cybernauts are an even smaller and at least equally fanatic subset of infonauts; they think not only about what lay beyond the horizon but about what might be found beyond that: they are changing the way we will live in the future.

OBS

cybernaut: Put the word "astronaut" together with the word "cyberspace".

Key term(s)
  • cybersurfer
  • cyber-surfer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Personne qui voyage dans le cyberespace au moyen d'Internet.

OBS

cybernaute : Mot-valise regroupant les termes «cyberespace» et «astronaute».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

[Persona] que navega por el ciberespacio.

Save record 4

Record 5 2005-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Social Organization
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

A community or group of users with active participation in cyberspace.

OBS

Cybercommunity people share some discussion groups or chat rooms and behave socially much like people in a small village who know all their neighbors.

OBS

Hallmark has an online community with its Gold Crown Retailers to share best practices, as well as a virtual community of 250 customers to brainstorm new product ideas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Organisation sociale
  • Commerce électronique
DEF

Communauté ou groupe d'utilisateurs participant activement au cyberespace.

OBS

Les gens de cette communauté partagent des groupes de discussion ou des «chat rooms» et se comportent socialement comme les habitants d'un petit village qui connaissent tous leurs voisins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Organización social
  • Comercio electrónico
Save record 5

Record 6 2004-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Highly computer-literate young people who believe that technology should be used to erase information barriers placed by those in elite positions of wealth and power. Free and open on-line music services are their way of creating a separate space where no one has an advantage over another, and having fun, not making money, is the bottom line.

OBS

Also, a genre of science fiction that appeared in the mid-to-late '80s and combined a bleak, noirish view of the future with a fetishization of technology and human-computer interaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

punk : jeune contestataire qui affiche divers signes extérieurs de provocation par dérision envers l'ordre social. Des punks. La mode punk.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
Key term(s)
  • ciberpunk
Save record 6

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Display options

Change the order of display of the official languages of Canada
Option to display the non-official languages (Spanish or Portuguese)
Display definitions, contexts, etc., on records

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: