cybertown

English

Etymology

From 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.

Hypernyms

• cybercommunity