Real world

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Real world (also "real life") is a phrase used to refer to the physical reality of everyday life which humans on the planet earth experience; it is also referred to as the human condition. More specifically, the term has both context-dependent meanings, and also occurs as a proper name.

[edit] Context-dependent meaning

• Real life (personal):
  • direct personal engagement in some (usually "serious") activity; in contrast to leisure or recreational activities, especially those related to the Internet.
  • the stage of life following the completion of formal education or schooling (e.g. "After students enter the real world, they may not be able to sleep late as often as they did while in school.")
• Real world (organizational):
  • real world military exercise: combat; in contrast to a simulation or a field exercise, or other military operation that does not involve armed conflict with hostile forces.
  • an application for a recently-developed innovation, especially one that is the result of extensive research and development.
• Real world (analytic):
  • any of various observable phenomena that may be relevant under a particular scientific hypothesis or mathematical theory.
  • a broad set of concepts recognized by experts as falling within a particular academic discipline. (Such as the concepts social network, computer network, neural network, and epidemiology; all "real world" concepts falling within the discipline of Network theory).
• Real world (literary):
  • a fact, non-fictional; the opposite of characters, events or places described in a work of fiction.
  • a description of a literary work that is not told from an in-universe perspective.
  • a literary device in which fictional events are depicted in multiple "realms," one of which is called the "real world". (See e.g., Cool World, Metaverse, The Matrix, Fantasy world).
• Meatspace (neologism): inter-personal activity involving the physical presence of individuals; in contrast to activity that transpires in virtual reality or a virtual world.
• Non-virtual: any of several activities or concepts upon which a virtual world is based. The "real world" is whatever is being emulated in such environments. (See. e.g., Virtual economy, Simulated environment).

[edit] Proper name

• The Real World, an American television show airing on MTV in which seven strangers are chosen to live together in a home
• Real World Records, a record label owned by recording artist Peter Gabriel
• "Real World" (song), a hit single by American rock band Matchbox Twenty.
• Real World Magazine A nationwide graduate careers magazine in the United Kingdom
• The Real World?, a play by Michel Tremblay
• "The Real World" (Stargate Atlantis), a Stargate Atlantis episode from season 3

[edit] See also

• Real life
• Reality
• Welcome to the Real World (disambiguation)