cyberspace

noun

cy·ber·space ˈsī-bər-ˌspās

: the online world of computer networks and especially the Internet

Example Sentences

We send e-mails through cyberspace.

Recent Examples on the Web That message is about setting enforceable rules in cyberspace: on the internet, on social media platforms like Facebook, on messaging apps, as well as to govern the latest policy challenge, artificial intelligence. —

Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2023 Their struggle for dominance in cyberspace would create a doomsday machine. —

IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023 Under the new strategies, Japan plans to start deploying in 2026 long-range cruise missiles that can reach potential targets in China, nearly double its defense budget within five years to a NATO standard of about 2% of GDP from the current 1%, and improve cyberspace and intelligence capabilities. —

Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023 Competition in cyberspace:Google ups the ante on AI to compete with ChatGPT. —

Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023 It’s operated by a company called the Global Multimedia Protocol Group, which makes its money acting as the backbone of 3D cyberspace. —

Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021 Keeping your kids safe online Awareness is the first step toward a safe and trustworthy cyberspace. —

Christian Jordan Howell, The Conversation, 2 May 2023 As soon as Clifford was chosen, a 10-year old tweet of him rooting for the Chicago Bears was floating around cyberspace. —

Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023 One focus, Rawat said, will be improving the collaboration among platforms and sites, from land to sea to air to space to cyberspace — and from human to machine and vice versa. —

Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023 See More

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