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Futureculture, the Glossary

Future Culture, also known as FUTUREC or "FC" is a mailing list founded in 1992, that is concerned with online and internet culture.^[1]

14 relations: Billy Idol, Cybermind, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk (album), Internet, Internet culture, Mailing list, MOO, Nomic, Online and offline, Retrocomputing, Unix, Virtual community, William Gibson.
Electronic mailing lists

Billy Idol

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British and American singer, songwriter, musician and actor.

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Cybermind

Cybermind is an Internet mailing list devoted to "the philosophy and psychology of cyberspace". Futureculture and Cybermind are Electronic mailing lists.

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Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting said to focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech".

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Cyberpunk (album)

Cyberpunk is the fifth studio album by English rock musician Billy Idol, released on 29 June 1993 by Chrysalis Records.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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Internet culture is a quasi-underground culture developed and maintained among frequent and active users of the Internet (also known as netizens) who primarily communicate with one another online as members of online communities; that is, a culture whose influence is "mediated by computer screens" and information communication technology, specifically the Internet.

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Mailing list

A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. Futureculture and mailing list are Electronic mailing lists.

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MOO

A MOO ("MUD, object-oriented") is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time.

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Nomic

Nomic is a game created in 1982 by philosopher Peter Suber, the of which include mechanisms for changing those rules, usually beginning by way of democratic voting.

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Online and offline

In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity, and offline indicates a disconnected state.

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Retrocomputing

Retrocomputing is the current use of older computer hardware and software.

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Unix

Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

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A virtual community is a social work of individuals who connect through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals.

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William Gibson

William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futureculture