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CYBERSPACE

The term "cyberspace" arose around 1960
linked to the world of visual arts, with the creation
of the Atelier Cyberspace, an initiative of the
Danish Susanne Ussing and Carsten Hoff. It was
under this name that both created a series of
installations and images called "sensory spaces"
that adopted the principle of open systems
adaptable to various influences, such as human
movement and the behavior of new materials.
In science fiction, the term "cyberspace" was
first heard in the 1980s through the work of
cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson.
We can find the term in his short story "Burning
Chrome" (1982) and later in 1984 in his novel
“Neuromancer”. In the years that followed, the
term was increasingly associated with online
computer networks.
In “Neuromancer”, William Gibson refers to
Cyberspace as follows:
“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination
experienced daily by billions of legitimate
operators, in every nation, by children being
taught mathematical concepts... A graphic
representation of data abstracted from the banks
of every computer in the human system.
Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in
the nonspace of the mind, clusters and
constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.”
Nowadays cyberspace is a concept that
describes a digital world, broad and
interconnected, without physical existence ... a
world apart where people can assume different
identities in addition to theirs.
The term was adopted by technology
professionals, industry leaders and entrepreneurs
to describe a global technology environment,
commonly accepted as representative of the
global network of interdependent information
technology infrastructures, telecommunications
networks and computer processing systems.

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