What is "cyberia"

n. The connected virtual world that users can interact with by means of computer networks; cyberspace.

Cyberia is a book by Douglas Rushkoff, published in 1994. The book discusses many different ideas revolving around technology, drugs and subcultures. Rushkoff takes a Tom Wolfe Electric Kool Aid Acid Test style (or roman à clef), as he actively becomes a part of the people and culture that he is writing about. The books goes with Rushkoff as he discusses topics ranging from online culture, the concept of a global brain as put forth in Gaia theory, and Neoshamanism.

In the preface of the 1994 edition, Rushkoff describes his book as "a very special moment in our recent history — a moment when anything seemed possible. When an entire subculture — like a kid at a rave trying virtual reality for the first time — saw the wild potentials of marrying the latest computer technologies with the most intimately held dreams and the most ancient spiritual truths. It is a moment that predates America Online, twenty million Internet subscribers, Wired magazine, Bill Clinton, and the Information Superhighway. But it is a moment that foresaw a whole lot more."

Rushkoff's first book was originally penned in 1992 but was not published until 1994 due to publisher concerns that electronic mail and the Internet were still obscure topics unlikely to gain traction. In Cyberia, Rushkoff emphasizes a "cyberian counterculture" out to redefine reality, where people begin to comprehend the systemic, cultural, and spiritual implications afforded by building a technological civilization. Armed with new technologies, familiar with cyberspace, and daring enough to explore unmapped realms of consciousness, his efforts in Cyberia represent the Promethean spirit intrinsic to countercultures throughout the ages.

People mentioned include: Craig Neidorf, Ralph Abraham, John Barlow, Dan Kottke, David Gans, Jaron Lanier, Bruce Eisner, Fraser Clark, Mitch Kapor, Phiber Optik, Howard Rheingold, R.U. Sirius, Terence McKenna, John Draper, Neysa "Earth Girl" Griffith, and Timothy Leary.

Cyberia is a science fiction action adventure video game originally released for MS-DOS in January 1994, and released two years later on the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and 3DO consoles. A sequel, Cyberia 2: Resurrection, was released in 1995 for both DOS and Windows 9x formats.

Cyberia may refer to:

In technology:

• Cyberia, London, one of the first Internet cafés, and the first in the UK
• Cyberia (book), a 1994 non-fiction book by Douglas Rushkoff
• Cyberia (fest in SJCE), an annual technical fest conducted by IEEE-SJCE
• Cyberia (ISP), a West Asian ISP serving Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia

In culture:

• Cyberia (video game), a 1994 video game
• Cyberia (album), a 1995 album by Cubanate
• "Cyberia", a song by the Afro Celt Sound System from the album Seed

In fiction:

• Cyberia, the penal colony to which Dave Lister was sentenced in the Red Dwarf book Last Human
• Cyberia, the techno-rave night club featured in Serial Experiments Lain
• Cyberia, a book by Chris Lynch

Cyberia is a 1994 album by UK-based industrial band Cubanate. The album features one of the band's most well known songs, "Oxyacetylene", which was also included alongside "Skeletal", "Industry" and "Autonomy" (from the Antimatter album) in instrumental versions in the video game Gran Turismo.

Cyberia is an annual national level technical fest of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE). It is organized by the IEEE student branch of SJCE which comes under the Bangalore section under region 11. CYBERIA was instigated 18 years ago and till now it has been organized for 16 years. The fest is held in the even semester of the VTU academic calendar, generally in the month of March.

Cyberia is a West-Asian ISP that was established in 1995 by Transmog Inc. serving branches in the Middle East (Lebanon and Jordan) and the Gulf Region (Saudi Arabia). Cyberia offers:

• ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line): A combination of phone and data signals on a phone line that allows Internet Connection to reach very high speeds.
• Wireless broadband: The transfer of Internet over a certain distance without using electrical conductors or any wires. So, instead of hooking the internet to the computer, the computer can be hooked up with the internet connection.
• Dial-up: Form of an Internet connection that uses fixed phone line.

Fair usage policy is a policy Cyberia uses to ensure that all the subscribers of Cyberia have an enjoyable experience while using the Internet. This policy only applies to shared broadband users. Cyberia will monitor the Internet capacity used by each subscriber during the unlimited period and will apply a speed restriction to the user who exceeds the normal Internet consumption. If this account continues to use high capacity again during the unlimited period, Cyberia will hold the account user liable of breaking the "Fair Usage Policy" and will stop the service either temporarily or permanently without prior notice.