DCHP-2

cyberspace DCHP-2 (May 2016)

• n.

  the online world.

  Type: 1. Origin — This term was coined by William Gibson, an American-born author with dual American-Canadian citizenship. Gibson is a Vancouver-based science fiction writer (see Canadian Encyclopedia reference). He used the term cyberspace first in his short story "Burning Chrome" (see the 1982 quotation). The term was popularized by his later novels Neuromancer and Count Zero (see the 1989 quotation), which were published shortly after. Originally, the term referred to the translation of "Ono-Sendai VII," or "Cyberspace Seven" (see the 1982 quotation); it thus referred to a fictional parallel universe (see the 1989 and 1991 quotations). The meaning has been subsequently been expanded to mean the online 'parallel world'.
  The term is currently most frequently used in the US.

  See also: cyberbullying