| A phenomenon exists
that cries out for identification, definition, and a name. This is the
experience that many of us have when sitting at our home computer for
perhaps 15 or 20 minutes, and are then shocked to find out that one, two or more
hours have passed! This is so unsettling that not everyone can agree on just what has happened. Some of us can remember that, yes, perhaps we were at the computer a bit longer that we thought, while others say they have definitely experienced "missing moments". While the exact cause of this is under debate (mention has been made of alien intervention, fluoridation of water, genetic engineering, vitamin therapy, global warming, etc.) all agree that the phenomenon exists. On a live ComputerWise TV Show, presented by Blue Ridge Communications on February 6, 2002, Asa Dickinson named and defined this phenomenon as "CyberWarp" to his co-host George Roberts and viewing audience. To the best of our knowledge this was the first time in history this was done.
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| In 1984 William Gibson
wrote a book, "Neuromancer" which contained the first recorded
use of the term "cyberspace". William Gibson wrote: "Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphical representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the non-space of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding..."
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