Cybertown

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From cyber- + town.

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