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The word "Punk" was originally used to describe a criminal or trouble maker with antisocial behaviour.
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The term "Cybernetics" was introduced to society by Norbert Wiener in 1948.
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The term "Cyberborg" was introduced to society in 1960 by Manfred Clynes. "Cyborg" is a science-fictional shorting of "cybernetic organism".
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The first "Punk" genre album "punk begins" was introduced by The Ramones.
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1984 was a big year for cyberpunk! Cyberspace was introduced, the innovative movie The Terminator was released and William Gibson's debut novel Neuromancer was published- receiving heavy criticism for being one of the first "cyberpunk" novels on the market.
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The "Fiction 2000" conference was held in June at Leeds.
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The EFF was founded, EFF stands for the Elecrtonic Frontier Foundation and aims to defend the rights of those in the digital world.
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Cyberpunk made headlines on time magazine and the anticipated book "Deus" was published.
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The Cyberpunk Handbook; cynical opportunism reaches new low and the Diamond Age were published
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The Cyberpunk Project and the Cyberpunk Information Database were released to the public in November.
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Student completes timeline for cyberpunk! Reference: Information Database: The Cyberpunk Project 2004, Viewed 18 August 2012, http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/timeline.html
