Editing Cyberpunk (section)

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=== Core terminology & definitions ===
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk Cyberpunk]''' – A sci-fi genre blending cybernetics, high-tech environments, and low-life sociopolitical realities.
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetic Cyborg/cybernetics]''' – Integration of biological and technological systems.
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia Dystopia]''' – A society marked by oppression, inequality, or environmental decay.
* '''Netrunning / hacking''' – Fictional or stylized forms of intrusion into digital systems.

=== Key components / actors / elements ===
* '''Typical protagonists''' – Hackers, dissidents, mercenaries, outcasts.
* '''World elements''' – Mega-corporations, ubiquitous surveillance, neon-lit megacities, black markets.
* '''Influential creators''' – William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Masamune Shirow.

=== Canonical works, models, or artifacts ===
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer Neuromancer]''' (1984)
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner Blade Runner]''' (1982)
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell Ghost in the Shell]''' (1995)
* '''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020 Cyberpunk 2020]''' (tabletop RPG)

=== Typical recall-level facts ===
* Emerged in the late 1970s–1980s.
* Motto often summarized as “high tech, low life.”
* Influences: noir fiction, post-industrial society, early digital networks.

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