Webspace

/ˈwɛbˌspeɪs/ noun

Definition

Digital storage area allocated for hosting websites or web content on internet servers.

Etymology

Modern compound of 'web' (from World Wide Web, coined in 1990) and 'space' (from Latin spatium, meaning extent or room). This term emerged with commercial web hosting in the 1990s.

Kelly Says

Webspace represents humanity's digital land grab - in just a few decades, we've created an entirely new dimension of real estate that exists nowhere and everywhere simultaneously, making location both meaningless and everything.

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