Internet-related prefixes as a cultural reference to the rising popularity at that time of the prefix in product names. The word "virtual" is used in a similar way to the prefixes above, but it is an adjective instead of a prefix. For example, it is used in the terms "virtual reality", "virtual world", and "virtual sex". These prefixes are productive. Michael Quinion notes that most of these formations are nonce words that will never be seen again. He writes that new terms such as "e-health" are unneeded; in this case "telemedicine" already exists to describe the application of telecommunications to medicine. He
Internet-related prefixes Internet-related prefixes Internet-related prefixes such as "e-", "i-", "cyber-", "info-", "techno-" and "net-" are added to a wide range of existing words to describe new, Internet- or computer-related flavors of existing concepts, often electronic products and services that already have a non-electronic counterpart. The adjective "virtual" is often used in a similar manner. "Cyber-" is derived from "cybernetic," which comes from the Greek word κυβερνητικός meaning "skilled in steering or governing". It is mainly used in the terms "cyberspace", "cyberlaw", "cyberbullying", "cybercrime", "cyberwarfare", "cyberterrorism", "cybersex", and "cyberdelic" among others. Although it is more commonly used to describe policies and politics