Etymology

cyberspace

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Today it means: A world of information accessed through the Internet. Full definition →

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The story

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).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.