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An "environment" is the whole of surrounding things.Surroundings are defined by a central entity. In ecology, environment refers to the surroundings of humankind. Generally, environment refers to the biological, physical and social things on the earth or in inhabitable space outside the earth's atmosphere. Environment may refer to:

Environment (biophysical), the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties Environments (series), a series of LPs, cassettes and CDs depicting natural sounds Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places Knowledge environment Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact

In computing:

Desktop environment, in computing, the graphical user interface to the computer Environment variable, the set of environments defined in a process Integrated development environment, a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software Runtime environment, a virtual machine state which provides software services for processes or programs while a computer is running

Environmental may refer to:

Environmental art Environmental determinism

Environmental epidemiology Environmental health Environmental movement Environmental policy Environmental psychology Environmental quality Environmental science, the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment

[edit] See also

Ambient (disambiguation) Category:Environment, for articles relating to the effect of human activity on the environment Ecology, a sub-discipline of biology often confused with the environment in general Environmentalism, a concern with the preservation of the environment Epidemiology List of environmental issues Natural landscape All pages beginning with "Environment" This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
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