William Gibson usually talk about how when things are new they are called with a prefix, like &quot;electro&quot;, &quot;cyber&quot;, &quot;i&quot; or &quot;wireless&quot;. Then when it becomes commonplace it usually just sounds silly. We usually don&#x27;t say &quot;mobile phone&quot; (unless talking about mobile vs. web&#x2F;desktop) anymore, but we say things like smart-tv.