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Cyberspace and virtual places.

Computer networks are often described in terms that imply a virtual space or place: electronic frontier, cyberspace, and information superhighway have been used to indicate computer networks as a whole; cafés, dungeons, and virtual offices are some of the “places” people refer to as being in or on...

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Published in:Geographical Review Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 155 - 172
Main Author: Adams, Paul C.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell April 1997
Subjects:
Internet
Metaphor
Virtual reality
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