cyberspace

cyberspace: /si'ber-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.  At the time of this
   writing (mid-1991), serious efforts to construct {virtual
   reality} interfaces modeled explicitly on Gibsonian cyberspace are
   already 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 {network, the}).  2. 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.