"cyberspace" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/ [UK], /ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cyberspace.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cyberspaces [plural]
enPR: sīʹbər-spās' Etymology: Blend of cybernetics + space, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in his 1982 short story collection Burning Chrome and popularized in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|cybernetics|space}} Blend of cybernetics + space, {{coin|en|Q188987|nocap=1}} coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cyberspace (countable and uncountable, plural cyberspaces)
  1. A world of information accessed through the Internet. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (world of information): kuberruimte (Afrikaans), կիբերտարածք (kibertarackʻ) (Armenian), ciberespai [masculine] (Catalan), 網絡空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 网络空间 (wǎngluò kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 虛擬空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚拟空间 (xūnǐ kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 賽博空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 赛博空间 (sàibó kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyberprostor [masculine] (Czech), küberruum (Estonian), netrúm [neuter] (Faroese), kyberavaruus (Finnish), cyberespace [masculine] (French), ciberespazo [masculine] (Galician), Cyberspace [masculine] (German), κυβερνοχώρος (kyvernochóros) [masculine] (Greek), kiberspaco (Ido), dunia maya (Indonesian), an cibearspás [masculine] (Irish), cyberspazio [masculine] (Italian), ciberspazio [masculine] (Italian), サイバースペース (saibāsupēsu) (Japanese), サイバー空間 (saibākūkan) (alt: サイバーくうかん) (Japanese), киберкеңістік (kiberkeñıstık) (Kazakh), 가상 공간 (gasang gonggan) (Korean), 사이버 공간 (saibeo gonggan) (Korean), 사이버스페이스 (saibeoseupeiseu) (Korean), kibertelpa [feminine] (Latvian), ruang siber (Malay), cybèrespace [feminine] (Norman), kyberrom [masculine] (Norwegian), cyberprzestrzeń [feminine] (Polish), ciberespaço [masculine] (Portuguese), киберпростра́нство (kiberprostránstvo) [neuter] (Russian), ciberespacio [masculine] (Spanish), cyberrymd [common-gender] (Swedish), sajberspejs [neuter] (Swedish), ไซเบอร์สเปซ (sai-bə̂ə-sà-bpées) (Thai), siberuzay (Turkish), кіберпро́стір (kiberpróstir) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cyberspace-en-noun-ejoo-1QO Disambiguation of 'world of information': 100 0 0
  2. (by extension, somewhat dated) The Internet as a whole. Tags: broadly, countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Cybernetics, Internet Synonyms: Internet
    Sense id: en-cyberspace-en-noun-HWQKRtlp Disambiguation of Cybernetics: 20 47 32 Disambiguation of Internet: 37 50 13 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 31 45 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 47 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 47 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 50 24
  3. (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Science fiction Translations (science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space): կիբերտարածք (kibertarackʻ) (Armenian), 網絡空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 网络空间 (wǎngluò kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 虛擬空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚拟空间 (xūnǐ kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 賽博空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 赛博空间 (sàibó kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), küberruum (Estonian), kyberavaruus (Finnish), κυβερνοχώρος (kyvernochóros) [masculine] (Greek), cyberprzestrzeń [feminine] (Polish), ciberespaço [masculine] (Portuguese), киберпростра́нство (kiberprostránstvo) [neuter] (Russian), ไซเบอร์สเปซ (sai-bə̂ə-sà-bpées) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-cyberspace-en-noun-MbpW464- Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space': 5 7 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: airspace, battlespace, seaspace, cyberpunk, metaverse

Inflected forms

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