cyberspace
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cyberspace
- /ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/ UK
- /ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/ US
Where it comes from
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).
noun cyberspaces
- A world of information accessed through the Internet.
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The Internet as a whole.
Meanwhile, the pioneers of the computer-mediated communication networks collectively referred to as cyberspace are not willing to wait. Employing whatever tools they can find, they are constantly pushing the techno-cultural envelope. Life in cyberspace is often conducted in primitive, frontier condi
Similar: cloud, cyberspace, digital highway, Infobahn, information highway, information superhighway, Internet, internet, Intertubes, interweb, Net, net
- A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network. I knew every chip in Bobby's simulator by heart; it looked like your workaday Ono-Sendai VII, the ‘Cyberspace Seven’, but I'd rebuilt it so many times that you'd have had a hard time finding a square millimetre of factory circuitry in all that silicon.
Opposite: fleshspace, meatspace
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: internet, cyber, cybersecurity, computer, online, network, web, cyberworld, cyberia, cyberplace, cyberinformation, cybersphere, cybersystem, cyberland, cyberterritory, cyberglobe
noun
Opposite: fleshspace, meatspace
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noun world of information
| Español | ciberespacio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가상 공간 gasang gonggan, 사이버 공간 saibeo gonggan, 사이버스페이스 saibeoseupeiseu |
| 日本語 | サイバースペース saibāsupēsu, サイバー空間 saibākūkan |
| 中文 | 網絡空間 /网络空间 wǎngluò kōngjiān, 虛擬空間 /虚拟空间 xūnǐ kōngjiān, 賽博空間 /赛博空间 sàibó kōngjiān |
| Português | ciberespaço |
| Français | cyberespace |
| Deutsch | Cyberspace |
| Italiano | cyberspazio, ciberspazio |
| Ελληνικά | κυβερνοχώρος kyvernochóros |
| Русский | киберпростра́нство kiberprostránstvo |
noun science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
| 中文 | 網絡空間 /网络空间 wǎngluò kōngjiān, 虛擬空間 /虚拟空间 xūnǐ kōngjiān, 賽博空間 /赛博空间 sàibó kōngjiān |
|---|---|
| Português | ciberespaço |
| Ελληνικά | κυβερνοχώρος kyvernochóros |
| Русский | киберпростра́нство kiberprostránstvo |
Talk about this word "cyberspace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cyberspace. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cyberspace. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cyberspace "cyberspace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cyberspace.Cite this
@misc{cyberspace_2026,
title = {cyberspace},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyberspace},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
