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CYB5R3

CYB5R3 (DIA1, B5R) is a human gene at 22q13.2 encoding NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (EC 1.6.2.2), a FAD flavoprotein with soluble erythrocyte and membrane-bound isoforms; biallelic variants cause recessive congenital methemoglobinemia types I and II.

CYBA

CYBA is a human gene on chromosome 16q24.2 encoding p22-phox (cytochrome b-245 alpha chain), the shared membrane subunit of NOX1-NOX4 NADPH oxidases; mutations cause autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease.

Cybathlon

Cybathlon is an international competition organized by ETH Zurich where pilots with disabilities complete everyday tasks using prostheses, exoskeletons, and brain-computer interfaces; it was first held in 2016.

Cybele

Cybele, known in Rome as Magna Mater or Great Mother of the Gods, was an Anatolian mother-goddess whose fertility cult, centered at Pessinus in Phrygia, reached Greece by the 6th century BC.

Cybele Corona

Cybele Corona is a 500-km-wide corona on Venus at 7.5°S, 20.7°E, IAU-named in 1994 for the Phrygian fertility goddess, with multiple annuli and three cross-cutting graben-fissure systems.

Cybele sanctuary

Cybele sanctuary: sites dedicated to Cybele (Kybele, Magna Mater), the Anatolian mother goddess. Includes cave and rock sanctuaries in Phrygia and Anatolia, Mytilene, the Palatine temple in Rome, Ostia, Salona, Pessinus, and the discredited Lyon sanctuary.

Cyber Arena

Cyber Arena names several unrelated products: a Web3 P2E fighting game on Dogechain with the $CAT token by Imperium Multimedia, a 2026 AI attack-and-defense benchmark, cyber range training tools, and gaming venues.

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed cyber security certification scheme launched in 2014, setting out five technical controls and two certification levels, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.

Cyber Innovation Partners

Cyber Innovation Partners is a Palo Alto, California-based family of venture capital funds organized as Delaware limited partnerships and managed through Allegis-named general partners, with Fund I raising $60 million in 2015.

Cyber kill chain

The cyber kill chain is a cybersecurity framework from Lockheed Martin, introduced in 2011, that models a targeted cyber intrusion as seven sequential stages attackers must complete.

Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States, promoted since 2005 for online discounts and now the largest online shopping day of the year by revenue.

Cyber Resilience Act

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, is a 2024 European Union law imposing cybersecurity requirements on connected hardware and software products, fully applicable from December 2027.

Cyber-physical production system

A cyber-physical production system (CPPS) is a manufacturing system in which physical production equipment is tightly coupled with computational elements through a digital twin, a core technology of Industry 4.0.

Cyber-security regulation

Cyber-security regulation is the body of laws, directives, and agency rules that require organizations to manage cyber risk and report incidents, developed in sector-specific and cross-sector waves since the late 1990s.

Cyberabad Municipal Corporation

Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) is one of three corporations created on 11 February 2026 when Telangana split GHMC; it covers the Serilingampally, Kukatpally, and Qutbullapur zones, 76 wards, and Hyderabad's IT corridor, with the largest property tax collections of the three bodies.

CyberAgent

CyberAgent (サイバーエージェント) is a Tokyo-based internet company founded by Susumu Fujita in 1998, centered on digital advertising and also running games, the ABEMA streaming service, and venture investing.

CyberArk

CyberArk is an Israeli identity security company specializing in privileged access management, founded near Tel Aviv in 1999 and acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2026.

Cyberattack

A cyberattack, also called a computer attack, is an action via computer networks to disrupt systems, destroy data integrity, or steal information, including ransomware and phishing.

Cyberball task

Cyberball is a computerized ball-tossing game used in social psychology to manipulate social inclusion and ostracism, reported by Kipling Williams and colleagues in 2000 and now a standard induction of social exclusion in experimental research.

Cyberbit Ltd (company)

Cyberbit Ltd is a cyber range training and simulation company founded in 2015 as a subsidiary of the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, now headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Cyberbully (2011 film)

Cyberbully (Cyberbu//y), 2011 ABC Family TV movie directed by Charles Binamé, written by Teena Booth, starring Emily Osment as cyberbullied teen Taylor Hillridge; premiered July 17, 2011, distinct from the 2015 Maisie Williams British film.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying, or online bullying, is repeated harmful behavior using digital technologies on social media, messaging, and gaming platforms. Distinguished from traditional bullying by reach, persistence, and digital evidence; prevalence estimates vary widely with measurement.

Cyberchase

Cyberchase is a PBS KIDS animated math education series premiering January 21, 2002, produced by Thirteen/WNET and Nelvana. The CyberSquad (Jackie, Matt, Inez, Digit) uses math to stop Hacker; includes For Real segments and NSF-backed research.

CyberConnect2 (サイバーコネクトツー)

CyberConnect2 (サイバーコネクトツー) is a Fukuoka-based Japanese game developer, founded as CyberConnect and renamed in 2000 under Hiroshi Matsuyama; creator of .hack and developer of Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, DBZ Kakarot, and Demon Slayer games.

Cybercrime

Cybercrime: criminal activity committed against or by means of computers and ICT; no international definition exists. Divided into cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled offences plus online child sexual exploitation; governed internationally by the 2001 Budapest Convention.

Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

Republic Act 10175, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, is the Philippine law signed September 12, 2012 defining cybercrime offenses including cyber libel, data preservation duties, and the DOJ Office of Cybercrime; partly voided in Disini v. Secretary of Justice (2014).

Cyberdeck

A cyberdeck is a custom-built portable computer, typically built around a single-board computer like a Raspberry Pi, with display, keyboard, battery, and handmade enclosure; the term comes from William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer.

Cyberdyne

Cyberdyne Inc. is a Japanese robotics company in Tsukuba, founded in 2004 by professor Yoshiyuki Sankai, known for the HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskeleton that assists human movement.

CyberForce (force-feedback glove)

CyberForce is a grounded force-feedback system attaching to the CyberGrasp exoskeleton and CyberGlove, developed by Immersion Corporation and sold by CyberGlove Systems for virtual reality simulation.

CyberGlove

The CyberGlove is an instrumented data glove that measures hand joint angles and transmits them to a computer, used in virtual reality and teleoperation research.