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cyberpet, n.
Brit. |ˈsʌɪbəpɛt|, U.S. |ˈsaɪbərˌpɛt|
[‹ cyber- comb. form + pet n.2]
1. Computing. A program able to interact with similar programs on other computers via the Internet. rare.
1993Networking Commands in alt.internet.services (Usenet newsgroup) 23 Aug. What I would like this program to do is basically interact with the other programs are [read on] different machines and change data in a specific data file that keeps track of stats or whatever... I'd just like to create ‘cyberPets’ that can interact with other ‘cyberPets’ on my friends' machines.
2. = virtual pet n. at virtual adj. Additions.
1995Asahi News Service (Nexis) 27 Feb. Another junior high school girl in the Tokyo area wrote about her grief over a pet hamster that died, and how she overcame her sadness after meeting the cyber-pet. 1997Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 16 May y1 Adult Tamagotchi owners are reporting incidents of being beeped by their cyberpets during important meetings and phone calls. 2006Dogs Monthly July 54/2 Many people over the last few years have come to develop strong emotional attachments to their Aibo cyber-pets. |