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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cyberspace</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cyberpunk.html" title="cyberpunk"/><link rel="next" href="cycle.html" title="cycle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cyberspace</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cyberpunk.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cycle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cyberspace"/><dt xmlns="" id="cyberspace"><b>cyberspace</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/si:´br·spays`/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Notional &#8216;information-space&#8217; loaded with visual cues
and navigable with brain-computer interfaces called <span class="firstterm">cyberspace decks</span>; a characteristic prop of
<a href="cyberpunk.html"><i class="glossterm">cyberpunk</i></a> SF. Serious efforts to construct
<a href="../V/virtual-reality.html"><i class="glossterm">virtual reality</i></a> interfaces modeled explicitly on
Gibsonian cyberspace are under way, using more conventional devices such as
glove sensors and binocular TV headsets. Few hackers are prepared to deny
outright the possibility of a cyberspace someday evolving out of the
network (see <a href="../T/the-network.html"><i class="glossterm">the network</i></a>). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The Internet or <a href="../M/Matrix.html"><i class="glossterm">Matrix</i></a> (sense #2) as a
whole, considered as a crude cyberspace (sense 1). Although this usage
became widely popular in the mainstream press during 1994 when the Internet
exploded into public awareness, it is strongly deprecated among hackers
because the Internet does not meet the high, SF-inspired standards they
have for true cyberspace technology. Thus, this use of the term usually
tags a <a href="../W/wannabee.html"><i class="glossterm">wannabee</i></a> or outsider. Oppose
<a href="../M/meatspace.html"><i class="glossterm">meatspace</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Occasionally, the metaphoric location of the mind of a person in
<a href="../H/hack-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">hack mode</i></a>. Some hackers report experiencing strong
synesthetic imagery when in hack mode; interestingly, independent reports
from multiple sources suggest that there are common features to the
experience. In particular, the dominant colors of this subjective
<span class="firstterm">cyberspace</span> are often gray and silver,
and the imagery often involves constellations of marching dots, elaborate
shifting patterns of lines and angles, or moire patterns.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cyberpunk.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cycle.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cyberpunk </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cycle</td></tr></table></div></body></html>