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The real world is a colloquial term for the physical reality of everyday life which everyone experiences (see human condition). With this meaning, the expression may also refer to: Reality in everyday usage means everything that exists. ... The human condition encompasses the totality of the experience of being human and living human lives. ...

  • the real life of experience when time is not being spent on leisure of recreational pursuits; in the context of Internet or virtual reality, meatspace is a recent neologism which is synonymous with the "real world".
  • similarly, a "real world situation" occurs when reality differs from theory or some other anticipated outcome (see Murphy's law).
  • the stage of life following the completion of formal education or schooling (eg. as expressed in "After students enter the real world, they may not be able to sleep late as often as they did while in school"); students may also aspire to a "real world" experience of employment and computers, whereas adult computer users may consider that the "real world" includes physical locations such as schools.

For other meanings of this phrase (book and album titles etc. ... Virtual Reality (VR) is an environment that is simulated by a computer. ... Meatspace is synonymous with the physical world and conceived as the opposite of cyberspace or virtual reality. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Murphys Law Murphys law (also known as Finagles law or Sods law) is a popular adage in Western culture, which broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation. ...

Other meanings

MTV: Music Television is a young adult cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ...

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Real world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (273 words)
The real world is a colloquial term for the physical reality of everday life which everyone experiences; it is also referred to as the human condition.
In the context of military exercises, it means real, not an exercise.
Real life, the experience of a person when time is not being spend on leisure or recreational activities, especially when such time is spent off of the computer or Internet
The Real World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4818 words)
Also, the whole concept of being in "the real world" is seen as oxymoronic by some critics, citing that in the real world, people don't live in nice apartments, houses, or lofts for free, aren't "given" jobs in the media without any effort, and aren't taken to exotic locations for free.
The reality show The Surreal Life on is structured similary to The Real World, except that the housemates, who live together for ten days, are celebrities.
In the first episode of the show Robot Chicken, The Real World is parodied by having all of the housemates as several DC and Marvel comic book superheroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman bickering amongst themselves in The Real Wold fashion.
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