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1 Physical locations

World dymaxion map

World is often synonymous with the planet Earth (especially when capitalized: the World). World map is a map of the surface of the Earth.

In other contexts, "world" is sometimes used as a synonym for any planet; for example, Mars and Jupiter are two worlds within the solar system.

"World" is sometimes used to refer to the entire Universe. This is less common now that knowledge of space is more commonplace; however, it is still used vaguely in this sense (as in "the whole wide world").

2 Other meanings

World can be used in less literal terms; for example, when describing two people with very little in common, one can describe them as "living in two different worlds." When a person refers to the " end of the world," that person usually means "the end of everything I am familiar with."

In another religious sense, in Christianity the world refers to the fallen and corrupt world order of human society outside the community of believers. The world is frequently cited alongside the flesh and the DevilThe Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles and Beelzebub. In classic dem as a source of temptation that Christians should flee.

World can also refer to a fictionThree Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. Fiction is the term used to describe works of the imagination. This is in contrast to non-fiction, whichal setting, for example the world of Star TrekStar Trek collectively refers to six science fiction television series, ten motion pictures, and hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the early to mid 1960s. or the world of The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit''. For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth. The story's n. See fictional realm.

In knowledge engineeringKnowledge engineering is a relatively new branch of software engineering. It is the field of skills required to build knowledge systems: databases, expert systems and decision support systems. It is also related to the field of logic (reasoning) as the kn and knowledge level modelingKnowledge level modeling is the process of theorizing over observations about a world and, to some extent, explaining the behavior of an agent as it interacts with its environment. Crucial to the understanding of knowledge level modeling are Newell's noti, the term world refers to a consistent state of beliefs. A system's world is the knowledge that system has about its environment.

The term can also be used in a culturally specific context: commentators increasingly refer, for example, to the "Muslim world" as if it were, somehow, a distinct entity.

In Native American mythology, the Fifth World is the coming world that will exist after the current world.

Additionally, World can refer to WORLD Magazine, the fourth largest newsweekly in the United States.

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