different between cyberspace vs cyberstructure

English

Etymology

Blend of cybernetics +? space, coined by science-fiction writer William Gibson in his 1982 short story collection Burning Chrome and popularized in his 1984 novel Neuromancer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?.b?(?)?spe?s/
• enPR: SAÏ-buhr-speïs

Noun

cyberspace (countable and uncountable, plural cyberspaces)

1. A world of information accessed through the Internet.
2. (by extension, somewhat dated) The Internet as a whole.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Internet
3. (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.

Translations

See also

• cyberpunk

Further reading

• cyberspace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “cyberspace”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 31
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “cyberspace n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• cyberscape

English

Etymology

cyber- +? structure

Noun

cyberstructure (plural cyberstructures)

1. A structure or entity in cyberspace; an information construct.
   • 1999, Ángel J Gordo-López, Ian Parker, Cyberpsychology

     In what ways is cyberculture a mould, a cyberstructure, as a technology-as-process, perhaps one akin to a coral reef that grows, is eaten away, regrows?

   • 2000, Susanmarie Harrington, Rebecca Rickly, Michael Day, The online writing classroom

     Outweighing these difficulties, in my judgment, is the fact that the only way to push forward into this new environment is to adapt existing cyberstructures...

   • 2003, John Brockman, The new humanists: science at the edge

     The real topic in computing is the cybersphere and the cyberstructures in it, not the computers we use as telescopes and tuners.