Cyberspace is a way of talking about all the connections between computers as if they were a real place you can go into. Messages, pictures, and websites are thought of as living there, even though there is no street and no door.

Cyberspace is a way of talking about all the connections between computerscyberspace是一種說法，把電腦之間所有的連結 as if they were a real place you can go into講得好像是一個你可以走進去的真實地方。Messages, pictures, and websites are thought of as living there訊息、圖片、網站都被想像成住在那裡 even though there is no street and no door儘管那裡沒有街道，也沒有門。

Journalists, teachers, and older science-fiction fans still use it; many younger people just say online or on the internet. It can sound a little 1990s, or a little grand, like a digital world.

Journalists, teachers, and older science-fiction fans still use it記者、老師，還有比較資深的科幻迷還在用這個字 many younger people just say online or on the internet很多年輕人就直接說online或on the internet。It can sound a little 1990s, or a little grand, like a digital world這個字聽起來可能有點1990年代的味道，或有點誇張，像在講一個數位世界。

Though actually, it started as a story word: William Gibson coined it in Burning Chrome (1982) and it became famous in his novel Neuromancer (1984). News and law later borrowed it as if it were geography.

Though actually, it started as a story word不過其實它一開始是小說裡創造出來的字: William Gibson coined it in Burning Chrome (1982)William Gibson在《Burning Chrome》（1982）裡創造了這個字 and it became famous in his novel Neuromancer (1984)後來在他的小說《Neuromancer》（1984）裡變得有名。News and law later borrowed it as if it were geography後來新聞和法律界也借用了這個字，講得好像它是真的地理位置一樣。