The cyberspace metaphor.

The cyberspace metaphor describes the area within which computer and telecommunication networks process information. By creating the metaphor of cyberspace, humans may be able to conceptualize and eventually make cyberspace real. Cyberspace is also described as a frontier since much is still unknown about its landscape and its qualities. Cyberspace also lends itself to the possibility of greater centralized control through computer networks. This may foreshadow the trends in computer network development as a place for freedom or complete authoritarianism. EACH DAY AT WORK, I buy my lunch with...