A “cyber-cognitive system” is a distinct set of elements encompassing elements of the digital infosphere on the one hand and of the cognisphere on the other, which form a transspheral functional unit in that they are interconnected in a way that enables them to interact in a manner that is directed towards the fulfilment of a function, a sense or a purpose.

The term “cyber-cognitive system” has been coined as part of the terminology of the “Digital Era Framework”. As a frame of reference, the “Digital Era Framework” is based, among other things, on a systematization of the way in which information manifests itself. Four spheres of information manifestation can be distinguished: The infosphere, which consists of the analog infosphere and the digital infosphere, the cognisphere and the entisphere.