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