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 efforts to
construct virtual reality 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 the network). 2. The
Internet or Matrix (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 wannabee or outsider. Oppose
meatspace. 3. Occasionally, the metaphoric location of the
mind of a person in hack mode. Some hackers report
experiencing strong eidetic 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 `cyberspace' are often
gray and silver, and the imagery often involves constellations of
marching dots, elaborate shifting patterns of lines and angles, or
moire patterns.
1. Notional
`information-space' loaded with visual cues and navigable with
brain-computer interfaces called `cyberspace decks'; a
characteristic prop of cyberpunk SF. Serious efforts to
construct virtual reality 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 the network). 2. The
Internet or Matrix (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 wannabee or outsider. Oppose
meatspace. 3. Occasionally, the metaphoric location of the
mind of a person in hack mode. Some hackers report
experiencing strong eidetic 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 `cyberspace' are often
gray and silver, and the imagery often involves constellations of
marching dots, elaborate shifting patterns of lines and angles, or
moire patterns.
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loaded with visual cues and navigable with brain-computer
interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of {cyberpunk} SF. At the... - virtual reality: n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics
and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact
with the simulation.
See {cyberspace}. 2. A form of network interaction... - Matrix: [FidoNet] n. 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call
{FidoNet}.
2. Fanciful term for a {cyberspace} expected to ... - virtual reality n.
1. Computer simulations that use 3-D
graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to
interact with the simulation.
See cyberspace. 2. A form of network interaction... - hack mode n.
1. What one is in when hacking, of course.
2. More specifically, a Zen-like state of total focus... - meatspace /meet'spays/ n.
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the meat lives -
as opposed to cyberspace. Hackers are actually... - Matrix n.
[FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and
sysops call FidoNet.
2. Fanciful term for a cyberspace expected to emerge... - the network n.
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noncommercial,
academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as ... - Internet n.
The mother of all networks. First
incarnated beginning in 1969 as the ARPANET,
a U.S. Department of Defense research testbed. ...
