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What is Cyberspace
1.
Describes the non-physical space created by computer networks, where people can communicate in different ways.
Learn more in: Cybersecurity: The New Challenge of the Information Society
2.
A non-physical space made up of computers, their systems, programs, and software and users such as programmers, data analysts, and computer technicians, to name but a few.
Learn more in: Cyber Security Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Case of South Africa
3.
A term used in conjunction with virtual reality, designating the imaginary place where virtual objects exist (http://www.answers.com/topic/
cyberspace
?cat=biz-fin). In the case of CyberSurvivor,
cyberspace
(Cyber Island) was the imaginary place where the game took place.
Learn more in: Surviving the Game
4.
The interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, which includes the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers.
Learn more in: National Security Policy and Strategy and Cyber Security Risks
5.
This term refers to the online environment where cyberbullying occurs, i.e., the Internet.
Learn more in: Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Children Based on Research Evidence
6.
Is the transformation of a concrete experience into a virtual space based on the use of technological tools. Traditional concrete space is produced by human-environment interaction. On the other hand,
cyberspace
is the product of human-environment-network relationship.
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7.
A metaphor used to describe the global electronic web of people, ideas, and interactions on the Internet, which is unencumbered by the borders of the geopolitical world.
Learn more in: Global Security and Political Problems of the 21st Century
8.
a) The electronic system of interlinked networks of computers, bulletin boards, etc. that is thought of as being a boundless environment providing access to information, interactive communication, and, in science fiction, a form of virtual reality; b) The global computer networks that facilitate communications among individuals and organizations; c) The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.
Learn more in: Defending Information Networks in Cyberspace: Some Notes on Security Needs
9.
The global network of interconnected computers and communication systems.
Learn more in: Information Warfare: Survival of the Fittest
10.
A global network which reunites IT infrastructures, telecommunications networks and computer processing systems to facilitate individuals a complete social cyber experience characterized by interactivity, ideas exchange and sharing information.
Learn more in: Cyber Identity: Our Alter-Ego?
11.
The interactive space created for interaction and exchange on the Internet.
Learn more in: Minorities and the Online University
12.
Cyberspace
is the notional environment in which communication over computer networks occurs.
Learn more in: Fan Culture in the Digital Age: Online Football Fan Forums as the Virtual Extensions of Football Terraces
13.
Virtual environment where digital communication over computer networks occurs; typical used to represent the many ways ideas, information, and communication are shared via the Internet and networking sites.
Learn more in: Toward a Working Definition of Digital Literacy
14.
Defined by the Miriam Webster Online dictionary as an “online world of computer networks.” This definition can be augmented by the following characteristics: the network consists of various, globally distributed computers that can send and receive information using common protocols. In addition, this network does not have physically defined measured boundaries. The examples of the network types are electronic mail (e-mail), World Wide Web (WWW), electronic data interchange (EDI), business to business (B2B) applications, business to customer (B2C) applications, and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications
Learn more in: Virtualization and Its Role in Business
15.
Cyberspace
, is supposedly “virtual” world/network created by links between computers, Internet-enabled devices, servers, routers, and other components of the Internet’s infrastructure.
Learn more in: Online Social Networks Misuse, Cyber Crimes, and Counter Mechanisms
16.
The notional environment in which communication over computer networks occurs.
Cyberspace
requires the interoperability of many system elements such as hardware and software.
Learn more in: Is Reality Enough for Us?: Ready Player One's Electronic Migrants Looking for New Identities in Cyberspace Age
17.
It is a term used to describe the virtual, global network of connected digital devices.
Learn more in: Digital Convergence and Cybersecurity Policy
18.
A term that has become a synonym for the internet and/or the world wideWeb.
Learn more in: CMC and the Nature of Human/ Machine Interface
19.
All aspects of the World Wide Web.
Learn more in: Developing an Understanding of Cyberbullying: The Emotional Impact and Struggle to Define
20.
It is virtual world created by links between computers and servers.
Learn more in: Performance of Virtual Terrorism in Cyber Space
21.
A metaphor used to describe the global electronic web of people, ideas, and interactions on the Internet, which is unencumbered by the borders of the geopolitical world.
Learn more in: Information-Cyberspace Operations in Real-World Politics
22.
It is the online setting where several participants are engaged in social interactions and have the capability to affect and impact each other.
Learn more in: Key Challenges to Data Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
23.
A neologism composed of Cybernetics and Space. Often used as a synonym for the Internet. A term coined in science fiction literature (especially by William Gibson). Since the 1980’s a subject of computer scientists dealing with Virtual Realities (VR)—an ICT based system for seamless man-machine interaction represented (e.g., by a flight simulator or computer generated building where investors may walk around).
Learn more in: The European Approach Towards Digital Library Education: Dead End or Recipe for Success?
24.
Cyberspace
is a domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify, and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures.
Learn more in: Global Wannacrypt Ransomware Attack: Tackling the Threat of Virtual Marauders
25.
First coined in William Gibson’s novel “Neuromancer”, the term
Cyberspace
is used to describe the range of information resources available through computer networks.
Learn more in: Designing Online Mental Training Using WebExcellence
26.
Social communication space opened by the worldwide interconnection of computers.
Learn more in: Distance Education and Teacher Training: Perspectives for the Development of Digital Skills
27.
The virtual environment in which communication occurs over computer networks.
Learn more in: Cyberbullying in Adolescence: Victimization and Adolescence
28.
Virtual place on the Internet.
Learn more in: Navigation at the Internet Front Line
29.
A virtual environment in which people interact with each other. This is the place in which online games occur.
Learn more in: Gamification: To Engage Is to Learn
30.
It is a virtual space, where computers exchange data and information, both negative and positive context. It also is seen as a social experience, individuals can interact, exchange ideas, share information, provide social support, create out of art media, playing games; however, it is also where offender can take advantage online to commit a crime.
Learn more in: Prevent and Combat Sexual Assault and Exploitation of Children on Cyberspace in Vietnam: Situations, Challenges, and Responses
31.
A domain characterized by the use of inter-connected computers to facilitate communication usually on a real time basis.
Learn more in: Cyberspace, Choice, and Consumer Welfare: Linking the Triad
32.
The virtual environment in which communication occurs over computer networks.
Learn more in: Cyberbullying in Adolescence: Victimization and Adolescence
33.
A metaphor used to describe the global electronic web of people, ideas, and interactions on the Internet, which is unencumbered by the borders of the geopolitical world.
Learn more in: Terrorist Psychology and Its Impact on International Security
34.
Virtual world created by links between computers, internet embedded devices, servers, routers, and other components of the internet’s infrastructure.
Learn more in: The Increased Need for Cybersecurity in Developing Countries: COVID-19 and the Adverse Cybercrime Risks Imposed
35.
The online, virtual environment created by computers and digital technologies, in contrast with the physical reality that lies outside of digital spaces.
Learn more in: Informing Science: The Ubiquitous Field of Knowledge and Action
36.
The online world of computer networks and the Internet.
Learn more in: Cyberbullying
37.
A virtual or digital space built from the informational structure provided by global networks such as the internet.
Learn more in: Screen Time and the Logic of Identification in the Networked Society
38.
Refers to the virtual location that is generated and digitized in computer networks.
Cyberspace
is not a equivalent to virtual space that is the imaginary and conceptual spatial construction that exists via the combination of human perception and technology.
Learn more in: Reconfiguration of Communities in Cyberspace
39.
Domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modifies, and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures.
Learn more in: From E to U: Towards an Innovative Digital Era
40.
Environment in which communication over computer networks occurs.
Learn more in: AI-Based Cyber Defense for More Secure Cyberspace
41.
Space of action for information and communication technologies.
Learn more in: Calm Technologies as the Future Goal of Information Technologies
42.
Refers to a physical and non-physical terrain created by and/or composed of some or all of the following: computers, computer systems, networks, and their computer programs, computer data, content data, traffic data, and users.
Learn more in: Government's Dynamic Approach to Addressing Challenges of Cybersecurity in South Africa
43.
It denotes an environment where internet and systems communicate actively.
Learn more in: Digital Terrorism Attack: Types, Effects, and Prevention
44.
The domain of the worldwide technology environment.
Learn more in: Cybersecurity Legislation
45.
Notional environment in which communication over computer network occurs.
Learn more in: Hacking and Hacktivism as an Information Communication System Threat
46.
The nebulous, ever changing, world wherein the global community increasingly operates. At times, this can be most beneficial, as in giving voice to the voiceless. From a security perspective, however, it is remarkably unwieldy, unpredictable, and under-studied.
Learn more in: Messengers of Death: Cyber and the Root Structure of Terror
47.
Place where digital life unfolds in its various aspects, through interaction between users and their relationship with the space where they act.
Learn more in: The Gatekeepers of Cyberspace: Surveillance, Control, and Internet Regulation in Brazil
48.
The environment where technological tools and devices that work and interact with the digital world are located.
Learn more in: The Ugly Face of the Digital World: Cyberbullying
49.
Is a cyber-environment used for the first time in the novel of Neuromancer (1984).
Learn more in: The Dialectics of Cyber-Aesthetics and Graphic Design in the 21st Century
50.
Cyberspace
is the environment created by the links of tangible like a computer, intangible like application and services, and networks like the internet and communication.
Learn more in: A Survey on Emerging Cyber Crimes and Their Impact Worldwide
51.
Spaces which are described as virtual spaces.
Learn more in: The Study of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of Simulation Concept With Regards to Children's Use Case Study Project Nebula: Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of Simulation
52.
A non-physical terrain existing around the Internet (understood as a global computer network) in which, based on its technical infrastructure and the utilization of Internet technology-based tools, various entities such as firms, institutions, or private persons operate to accomplish their own goals.
Learn more in: Internet Technology-Based Tools Utilization in the Workplace of Contemporary Organizations: The Implications
53.
It is the immaterial environment consisting of devices and communications networks, which connects computers and allows users to interact with each other using computer-mediated communication technologies (CMC). The term today is commonly used to refer to the “internet world” in a broad sense.
Learn more in: Crime and Victimization in Cyberspace: A Socio-Criminological Approach to Cybercrime
54.
A term that has become a synonym for the internet and/or the world wideWeb.
Learn more in: CMC and the Nature of Human/ Machine Interface
55.
Coined by William Gibson in the 1984 sci-fi novel Neuromancer,
cyberspace
describes the non-physical terrain created by computer systems.
Learn more in: The Aesthetics of Net dot Art
56.
The notional environment in which communication and interaction over electronic networks occurs.
Learn more in: Successful Communication in Virtual Teams and the Role of the Virtual Team Leader
57.
Cyberpunk novelist William Gibson coined the term “
cyberspace
” to describe the visible surface or interface of a virtual world. This computer-generated illusion is a kind of mass, consensual hallucination, perceived as “real” by the users who live vicariously through their avatars. ( Gibson, 1984 )
Learn more in: Art and the Avatar in Virtual and Mixed-Reality Exhibition Space
58.
The global network of computer processing systems, interdependent information technology infrastructures, and telecommunications networks in which online communication occurs.
Learn more in: The Threat of Cyber Warfare in the SADC Region: The Case of Zimbabwe
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