Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Virtual
an imaginary conceptualization of something real. For example, many feel that the Internet is a virtual world unto itself. The term takes on many uses in the computer world as a wide variety of devices and software exist for the sole purpose of providing simulations of reality.
