About

Cyberspace is a colloquial term used to describe a virtual or simulated reality defined by the use of the Internet, networking and digital communication. In the news and popular culture throughout the 1990s, "cyberspace" became widely used as a household metaphor to describe anything associated with the Internet and its cultures.

Origin

Etymology

The term "cyberspace" is derived from cybernetics, a study of regulatory systems, their structures, constraints and possibilities, including mechanical, physical, biological, cognitive, and social systems. The term "cybernetique" was coined by French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère in his 1834 publication Essay on The Philosophy of Science to describe the science of civil government.

Spread

In the 1980s

In the 1990s

In the 2000s

Notable Examples

External References

^[1] Wikipedia – Cyberspace