Many have asked the question. "What does that name mean anyway?"
That's a good question and we have a good answer. It's actually definitively
correct.
I searched long and hard to come up with a catchy
sounding name that was still available to register, and at the same time be
somewhat descriptive of the site. That's not a easy task these days. Names go
quickly on the net. A lot of people wind up using names that don't mean
anything.
Since we are located on the Internet I wanted to use
"Cyber" in the name.
cyber-
pref.
- Computer: cyberpunk.
- Computer network: cyberspace.
Source: The
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
For those that don't understand. The Internet is one huge Computer Network. The
term "Cyber" is used as a prefix to further define what follows it as
being part of this network, or just having to do with computers.
Example:
cy·ber·space (s
b
r-sp
s
)
n.
The electronic medium of computer networks, in which on-line communication takes
place.
Source: The
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
At this point I thought of all kinds of possibilities like "CyberWeb,
CyberNet, etc." . Like I said most of the catchy names were already taken, Especially
the shorter names. Then came "Station" ahhh now were getting
somewhere.
sta·tion (stshn)
n. Abbr. sta.
-
- The place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to
stand; a post: a sentry station.
- The place, building, or establishment from which a service is provided
or operations are directed: a police station.
- A stopping place along a route, especially a stop for refueling or for
taking on passengers; a depot.
- Social position; rank.
- An establishment equipped for observation and study: a radar
station.
- An establishment equipped for radio or television transmission.
- An input or output point along a communications system.
Source: The
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
CyberStation!!! It's catchy. By definition it's correct for our purpose here.
and Yes it's available. Or at least it was at the time I thought of it.
Unfortunately between the time I thought of it and when I was
going to register it. Someone else thought of it also and had already registered
it. Bummer... Now I have to think of a new name again.
One Saturday morning, my daughter was watching Buggs Bunny and
Daffy Duck cartoons on TV. I'm tying to think of a new name to register when I
noticed that she is watching that cartoon where Daffy Duck is flying through
space to Planet X. Hummmm...... The idea hit. "X marks the spot."
X 
n.
3 a mark for a location: X marks the spot on the map
where I live.
Source: Newbury House Dictionary of
American English
Copyright 1999 Monroe Allen Publishers, Inc
The letter "X" is also a abbreviation for "Extra" which
is also short for "Extraordinary".
ex·tra (
kstr)
adj. Abbr. ext., ex., X
-
- More than or beyond what is usual, normal, expected, or necessary. See
Synonyms at superfluous.
- Better than ordinary; superior: extra fineness.
- Subject to an additional charge: a pizza with extra cheese.
n.
-
- Something more than is usual or necessary.
- Something, such as an accessory on a motor vehicle, for which an
additional charge is made.
- A special edition of a newspaper.
-
- An additional or alternate worker.
- A performer hired to play a minor part, as in a crowd scene.
- Something of exceptional quality.
adv.
- To an exceptional extent or degree; unusually: extra dry.
[Probably short for 
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