different between entity vs cyberstructure

English

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin entit?tem, from entit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?en.t?.ti/

Noun

entity (plural entities)

1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
2. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
3. (databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
4. The state or quality of being or existence.

5. A spirit, ghost, or the like.
6. (science fiction) An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:entity

Derived terms

See also

• duality
• trinity
• relationship

Translations

Further reading

• entity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??nt?t?]

Noun

entity

1. genitive singular of entita
2. nominative plural of entita
3. accusative plural of entita
4. vocative plural of entita

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.