iWar

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Proto-Germanic *natją

Proto-West Germanic *nati

Old English nett

Middle English net

English net

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

English network

English internetwork

English Internet

English i-

Proto-Indo-European *wers-der.

Proto-Germanic *werzaną

Proto-West Germanic *werʀan

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Germanic *-ō

Proto-West Germanic *-u

Frankish *werʀubor.

Early Medieval Latin werra

Old Northern French guerreder.

Old English werre

Middle English werre

English war

English iWar

From i- (“alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices and computer programs”) + war.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪwɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪwɔː/

Noun

iWar (plural iWars)

1. (NATO) A form of Internet-based warfare.

Related terms

• augmented reality (on Wikipedia)
• Biologically Inspired Tactical Security Infrastructure (on Wikipedia)
• black propaganda (on Wikipedia)
• C4I (on Wikipedia)
• command and control warfare (on Wikipedia)
• communications security (on Wikipedia)
• computer insecurity (on Wikipedia)
• disinformation (on Wikipedia)
• electronic warfare (on Wikipedia)
• information Operations Condition (on Wikipedia)
• information Operations Roadmap (on Wikipedia)
• information warfare (on Wikipedia)
• network-centric warfare (on Wikipedia)
• web brigades (on Wikipedia)

References

• NATO: “iWar”: A new threat, its convenience – and our increasing vulnerability
• The Canadian Press: Russia-Georgian conflict heralds arrival of iWar

Anagrams

• Wari, wair, wari