Computer-generated space, in which the traveller is called a “cybernaut.” The term was coined by science fiction author William Gibson in 1984. It is now also being applied to computer conferencing, computer bulletin boards, and other innovative communication activities and applications of information technology, particularly in education and health care. An example: a college course is sometimes said to be conducted in cyberspace when it is carried out primarily or largely with an electronic network rather than in a classroom. Students in such a course may be employed in widely separated sites, and the faculty member may address them informally in the electronic network from wherever she happens to be. The reference library is, of course, electronic. Questions, answers, and student and faculty discussion may be posted on the class’s computer bulletin board at any time by students or faculty. In addition, scheduled interactive “class periods” for the dispersed faculty and students are held.