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"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of Introduction
legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught Whats New
mathematical concepts...A graphical representation of data abstracted What is
from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable Cyberspace?
complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters Mapping The
and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding..." William Gibson, Internet
Neuromancer , 1984. Network Topology
Maps
Visualising
Information Spaces
Cyberspace "...the ether that lies inside and occupies the in-betweensof Global Internet
all the computers." Sardar Z. & Ravetz J.R., 1995. Diffusion
Internet Statistics
Useful References
Conferences
".. cyberspace is the homeland of the Information Age - the place where Organisations
the citizens of the future are destined to dwell." John Perry Barlow , 1991. Some Other Stuff

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"Whether by one telephonic tendril or millions, they are all connected to Cyber-Geography
one another. Collectively, they form what their inhabitants call the Net. Homepage
It extends across that immense region of electron states, microwaves,
An Atlas of
magnetic fields, light pulses and thought which sci-fi writer William Cyberspaces
Gibson named Cyberspace.
News Bulletin
Cyberspace, in its present condition, has a lot in common with the 19th
Century West. It is vast, unmapped, culturally and legally ambiguous, Discussion List
verbally terse (unless you happen to be a court stenographer), hard to
get around in, and up for grabs. Large institutions already claim to own
the place, but most of the actual natives are solitary and independent, Search
sometimes to the point of sociopathy. It is, of course, a perfect breeding
ground for both outlaws and new ideas about liberty." John Perry
Barlow , Crime & Puzzlement, 1990.

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