cyberspace

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A world of information accessed through the Internet.
  2. (broadly, countable, dated, uncountable) The Internet as a whole.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.

Frequency

36k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/
Etymology

Blend of cybernetics + space, equivalent to cyber- + space, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in his short story collection Burning Chrome (1982) and popularized in his novel Neuromancer (1984).

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