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cyberspace

cy·bers·pace

UK/ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/ US/ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/ rare dated

noun

1.

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

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Origin

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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