Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel Snow Crash it was later shortened by a company to become its new name

Find out the Final Jeopardy Answer for the episode airing on Thursday, April 20 2023!

Today’s Final Jeopardy Category is: Modern Words 

Today’s contestants are Devin Lohman, Sam Claussen and Emma Hill Kepron.

Today’s Final Jeopardy

Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash”; it was later shortened by a company to become its new name

Final Jeopardy Answer

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Metaverse

Final Jeopardy Explanation

Stephenson’s conception of the future of an Internet based on virtual reality dates back to the 1992 novel Snow Crash, when he invented the term “Metaverse” to refer to it. The Metaverse, which resembles a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), is filled with system daemons and user-controlled avatars.

In 2021, Facebook renamed itself Meta, a shortened form of the word Metaverse.

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