cybertown

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noun

The social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.

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Meanings

nouncybertown (plural cybertowns)

plural cybertowns

  1. The social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.

    Unlike the many artificial worlds being built today on the Internet — including elaborate cybertowns with "virtual" apartments — the PlaceHolder reinforces the sense of place with ambient 3-D sound and kinesthetic appropriation.

    1998, Michael Heim, Virtual Realism, page 70

Origin

From cyber- + town.

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APA

cybertown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybertown

MLA

“cybertown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybertown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cybertown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybertown.

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