cyberspace
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information systems infrastructures including the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon
The interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, that includes the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers.
Wordset Dictionary
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Classifications
Entity Type
Network85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- net
- alternatephrasing
- Cyberspace
- plural
- cyberspaces
- possessive
- cyberspace's
- pluralpossessive
- cyberspaces'