Thursday, April 22, 2010

word of the day - apr 22 10

environment
noun
1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surrounding; milieu.
2. ecology. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
3. the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population.
4. computers. the hardware or software configuration, or the mode of operation, of a computer system: in a time-sharing environment, transactions are processed as they occur.
5. an indoor or outdoor setting that is characterized by the presence of environmental art that is itself designed to be site-specific.

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