1992

I decided to go back a minute to the days when cyberspace was relatively new to see what the definition looked like. I found an article from December 12, 1992 named "The successful companies and countries of the future will be those who have mastered the manipulation of cyberspace" by W. Brent Cowan with The Gazette from Montreal, Qubec. Cowan states that cyberspace consists of "computers, and the wires, airwaves and automatic switches which link them." His article goes on to explain that we all are a part of cyberspace whether we know it or not because our personal information is stored electronically. He explains that all of our information, purchase patterns, tax records, bank information, school information, all of our life is stored somewhere in cyberspace. Cowan realized that cyberspace was the way of the future and that governments, companies, and even individuals would use the technology to know anything about everything and urged Canada to jump on board. This was an interesting article in that he saw the realization of cyberspace when it was relatively new.