The service has the cyberspace equivalent of constables on duty around the clock.

He called the act "the cyberspace equivalent of book burning."

Then there are corporate sites that beg to be enjoyed, the cyberspace equivalent of the time-traveling DeLorean in "Back to the Future."

Given the decentralized nature of the Internet, some experts say there is little chance of the cyberspace equivalent of the Sept. 11 attacks.

In today's world, where books are increasingly bought online, getting one's book into the central bibliographic database, known as BooksInPrint.com, is the cyberspace equivalent of getting published.

DAV gave the cyberspace equivalent of a shrug.

There has even been the cyberspace equivalent of a studio chair-throwing incident, when the author Richard Preston appeared on the on-line service Compuserve.

Not everyone does so, and not doing so is the cyberspace equivalent of just barging in cold and yammering at full speed.

It would be stretching things to suggest that the Aspen meeting was the cyberspace equivalent of the Boston Tea Party.

So it follows that the tournament's official Web site is the cyberspace equivalent of Andre Agassi.