It is a field characterized by the use of integrated circuit technology and the electromagnetic range to modify, exchange and store data through networked systems and related physical infrastructures (Birch, David, and Peter Buck, 2009). In the 1990s, the word becomes prevalent when the uses of digital communication, networking and internet were dramatically growing whereby this term was able to present the many phenomena and new ideas that kept on emerging.
Cyberspace like the physical space contains objects (graphics, files and mail messages) and different delivery and transportation modes (Mark E. 2011). It does not need any physical movement other than the pressing of keys on a computer keyboard of just the movement of a mouse, unlike the real space.
As a public experience, the interaction, information sharing and exchange of ideas among individuals, conducting of business, engaging in political discussion, playing games among others can be done using this global network. The term has become a contentious means describing anything associated with the internet and the various internet culture. Amongst persons on cyberspace, there is perceived to be a code of universal ethics and rules commonly beneficial for everyone to follow, this is referred to as cyber ethics. The right to privacy is viewed by many as the most vital for a realistic code of cyber ethics, and, therefore, such moral accountabilities are important when working with global networks online (Steve Johnson, 2010).
Work cited
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