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cyberspace

The definition of cyberspace is the environment of the Internet.

(noun)

An example of cyberspace is the home of Google, Yahoo and Facebook.

See cyberspace in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the electronic system of interlinked networks of computers, bulletin boards, etc. that is thought of as being a boundless environment providing access to information, interactive communication, and, in science fiction, a form of virtual reality

Origin: cyber(netic) + space: coined by William Gibson (1948-), U.S. writer, in his novel Neuromancer (1984)

See cyberspace in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cy·ber·space

noun

The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.

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