Cyberspace

Quick meaning: Cyberspace is a noun meaning A world of information accessed through the Internet.

Meaning

A world of information accessed through the Internet.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, somewhat dated) The Internet as a whole.
2. (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.

Example Sentences

If, as we knew with increasing certainty, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and others were contesting us in cyberspace, it was time to fight back.

“We call on all states, including China, to uphold their international commitments and obligations and to act responsibly in the international system, including in cyberspace,” according to a statement from NATO.

However, some have accused cyberspace of provoking a dangerous collapse in the old order of civilised society. The shift in the balance of power online has given rise to a more powerful concern: the rise of the uncivil web.

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.

Word Forms

• cyberspaces

Synonyms for cyberspace

Depending on context, synonyms include cloud, Infobahn, Internet, interweb, Net, t'internet.

Antonyms for cyberspace

Common opposites include fleshspace, meatspace.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include internet, cyber, cybersecurity, computer, online, network.

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