Clanker

noun informal
A robot.
Origin
Derived from clank, the sound of metal colliding.
Source
Gateway

Cloudhook

noun
A portable device worn over the eye by citizens, connecting them to the city’s pervasive information network.
Source
A Memory Called Empire

Conapt

noun
A private apartment in a shared building.
Origin
Abbreviation of ‘condominium apartment’.
Source
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Condecology

noun
A condominium living complex with its own constitution and ideology.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘condominium’ and ‘ecology’.
Source
Voice of the Whirlwind

Confliction

noun
A formal conflict within a virtual reality – i.e. one where the outcome matters beyond the confines of the battle environment itself.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘conflict’ and ‘simulation’.
Source
Surface Detail

Congohelium

noun
Matter and anti-matter locked in a fine magnetic grid to ward off the outermost perils of space.
Source
The Rediscovery of Man

Corpselover

noun
A carnivore.
Source
The Star Diaries: The Eighth Voyage

Corsec

noun
A unit of time.
Origin
Possibly an abbreviation of ‘corrected’ (for time dilation) and ‘second’.
Source
The Island

Cosmeg

noun
A single star containing all the mass in the universe.
Origin
Abbreviated from ‘cosmic egg’.
Source
The Gods Themselves

Cranch

verb
To make oneself receptive to sensory and emotional stimuli.
Source
Scanners Live in Vain

Cryptosphere

noun proper
A networked worldwide data repository, containing the sum of recorded knowledge and populated by uploaded human minds.
Origin
Crypta (vault), from kruptós (hidden).
Source
Feersum Endjinn

Cursism

noun
Bigotry towards those inflicted with a Hag curse.
Source
Ootheca