cybercrud

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ crud; coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in Computer Lib (1974).

Noun

cybercrud (uncountable)

1. Computer jargon that serves to obscure and confuse.
   • 2002, Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, page 510:

     If the signature is formatted innocuously, it just looks like cybercrud in the mail header to non-crypto-capable recipients.

2. Any worthless material supplied by or relating to computers.
   • 1989, Personal Computing, volume 13, page 213:

     The headaches of junk mail fiber-crud pale beside the anxieties triggered by vivid multimedia cybercrud, served up on optical disks and communication links.