meatspace /meet'spays/ n.
The physical world, where
the meat lives - as opposed to cyberspace. Hackers are
actually more willing to use this term than `cyberspace', because
it's not speculative - we already have a running meatspace
implementation (the universe). Compare RL.
The physical world, where
the meat lives - as opposed to cyberspace. Hackers are
actually more willing to use this term than `cyberspace', because
it's not speculative - we already have a running meatspace
implementation (the universe). Compare RL.
Related:
- cyberspace /si:'br-spays`/ n.
1. Notional
`information-space' loaded with visual cues and navigable with
brain-computer interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of cyberpunk SF. Serious... - RL // n.
[MUD community] Real Life. "Firiss laughs
in RL" means that Firiss's player is laughing.
Compare meatspace; oppose VR... - cyberspace: /si:'ber-spays/ n. 1. Notional `information-space'
loaded with visual cues and navigable with brain-computer
interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of {cyberpunk} SF. At the... - twilight zone: [IRC] n. Notionally, the area of cyberspace where {IRC}
operators live.
An {op} is said to have a "connection to the twilight... - home page n.
1. One's personal billboard on the World Wide
Web.
The term `home page' is perhaps a bit misleading because... - hyperspace: /hi:'per-spays/ n. A memory location that is *far*
away from where the program counter should be pointing,
often inaccessible because it is not even mapped... - twilight zone n. //
[IRC] Notionally, the area of
cyberspace where IRC operators live.
An op is said to have a "connection to the twilight... - Cyberspace is where you are when you're on the
telephone... - hyperspace /hi:'per-spays/ n.
A memory location that is
far away from where the program counter should be pointing,
especially a place that is inaccessible because it...
From the same category:
- stack n.
The set of things a person has to do in the
future.
One speaks of the next project to be attacked as having... - loser n.
An unexpectedly bad situation, program,
programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses... - YA- abbrev.
[Yet Another] In hackish acronyms this almost
invariably expands to Yet Another,
following the precedent set by Unix yacc(1) (Yet... - winner
1. n. An unexpectedly good situation, program,
programmer, or person. 2. `real winner': Often sarcastic... - AIDS /aydz/ n.
Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*'
is a glob pattern that matches,
but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga), this condition...
