cyberstructure

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ structure.

Noun

cyberstructure (plural cyberstructures)

1. A structure or entity in cyberspace; an information construct.
   • 1997, Steven R Holtzman, Digital mosaics: the aesthetics of cyberspace:

     The three-dimensional cyberstructures made of text cues, floating images, and thumbnails provide me with an index...

   • 1999, Ángel J Gordo-López, Ian Parker, Cyberpsychology:

     In what ways is cyberculture a mould, a cyberstructure, as a technology-as-process, perhaps one akin to a coral reef that grows, is eaten away, regrows?

   • 2000, Susanmarie Harrington, Rebecca Rickly, Michael Day, The online writing classroom:

     Outweighing these difficulties, in my judgment, is the fact that the only way to push forward into this new environment is to adapt existing cyberstructures...

   • 2003, John Brockman, The new humanists: science at the edge:

     The real topic in computing is the cybersphere and the cyberstructures in it, not the computers we use as telescopes and tuners.