datasphere n.
the notional environment in which digital data is stored; esp. the internet viewed in this way; (also) the realm of virtual reality; cyberspace n.
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1989
The datasphere was a construct delight that first yearβI called up information almost constantly, living in a frenzy of full interface.
Hyperion iii. 199 -
1989 Seeking Product/Company Name in comp.society.futures (Usenet newsgroup) 21 Aug.
Does anyone out there in the Datasphere know of this company and/or its machine?
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1994
Using only a personal computer and a modem, anyone can now access the datasphere (a web of telecommunications and computer networks stretching around the world and into outer space).
Cyberia Introd. 5 -
2001 Guardian 25 Jan. (Online section) 14/1
But real human beings with more human concerns haveβ¦begun to poke around the datasphere in search of something fun to do.
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2009
You're hot. The Dione datasphere is crawling with agents looking for you. This conversation is drawing way too much attention to me.
in G. Dozois Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Anniversary Collection 334
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