cyberspace

3 definitions found

cyberspace - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cyberspace
      n 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 [syn: internet,
           net, cyberspace]

cyberspace - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  cyberspace
  
     <jargon> /si:'ber-spays/ 1. (Coined by William Gibson)
     Notional "information-space" loaded with visual cues and
     navigable with brain-computer interfaces called "cyberspace
     decks"; a characteristic prop of cyberpunk SF.  In 1991
     serious efforts to construct virtual reality interfaces
     modelled explicitly on Gibsonian cyberspace were already under
     way, using more conventional devices such as glove sensors and
     binocular TV headsets.  Few hackers are prepared to deny
     outright the possibility of a cyberspace someday evolving out
     of the network (see network, the).
  
     2. Occasionally, the metaphoric location of the mind of a
     person in hack mode.  Some hackers report experiencing
     strong eidetic imagery when in hack mode; interestingly,
     independent reports from multiple sources suggest that there
     are common features to the experience.  In particular, the
     dominant colours of this subjective "cyberspace" are often
     grey and silver, and the imagery often involves constellations
     of marching dots, elaborate shifting patterns of lines and
     angles, or moire patterns.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1999-02-01)
  

cyberspace - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  cyberspace
   /si:'br.spays`/, n.
  
     1. Notional `information-space' loaded with visual cues and navigable
     with brain-computer interfaces called cyberspace decks; a
     characteristic prop of cyberpunk SF. Serious efforts to construct
     virtual reality interfaces modeled explicitly on Gibsonian
     cyberspace are under way, using more conventional devices such as
     glove sensors and binocular TV headsets. Few hackers are prepared to
     deny outright the possibility of a cyberspace someday evolving out of
     the network (see the network).
  
     2. The Internet or Matrix (sense #2) as a whole, considered as a
     crude cyberspace (sense 1). Although this usage became widely popular
     in the mainstream press during 1994 when the Internet exploded into
     public awareness, it is strongly deprecated among hackers because the
     Internet does not meet the high, SF-inspired standards they have for
     true cyberspace technology. Thus, this use of the term usually tags a
     wannabee or outsider. Oppose meatspace.
  
     3. Occasionally, the metaphoric location of the mind of a person in
     hack mode. Some hackers report experiencing strong synesthetic
     imagery when in hack mode; interestingly, independent reports from
     multiple sources suggest that there are common features to the
     experience. In particular, the dominant colors of this subjective
     cyberspace are often gray and silver, and the imagery often involves
     constellations of marching dots, elaborate shifting patterns of lines
     and angles, or moire patterns.