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cyberspace

[ sahy-ber-speys ]
/ ˈsaɪ bərˌspeɪs /
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noun
the realm of electronic communication.
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Origin of cyberspace

First recorded in 1980–85; cyber(netics) + space; coined by American-Canadian sci-fi author William Gibson (born 1948)

historical usage of cyberspace

See internet.
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British Dictionary definitions for cyberspace

cyberspace
/ (ˈsaɪbəˌspeɪs) /

noun
all of the data stored in a large computer or network represented as a three-dimensional model through which a virtual-reality user can move
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for cyberspace

cyberspace
[ sībər-spās′ ]

The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.
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Cultural definitions for cyberspace

cyberspace

The space in which computer transactions occur, particularly transactions between different computers. We say that images and text on the Internet exist in cyberspace, for example. The term is also often used in conjunction with virtual reality, designating the imaginary place where virtual objects exist. For example, if a computer produces a picture of a building that allows the architect to “walk” through and see what a design would look like, the building is said to exist in cyberspace.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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