cybertown

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ town

Noun

cybertown (plural cybertowns)

  1. The social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.
    • 1998, Michael Heim, Virtual Realism, page 70:
      Unlike the many artificial worlds being built today on the Internet — including elaborate cybertowns with "virtual" apartments — the PlaceHolder reinforces the sense of place with ambient 3-D sound and kinesthetic appropriation.

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