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world The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that Existence, exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk ...

is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth. World, worlds or the world may also refer to:

Astronomy

Universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...

, all of space and time and their contents *

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...

(planet), the world we live on *

Planetary-mass object A planetary-mass object (PMO), planemo, or planetary body (sometimes referred to as a world) is, by geophysical definition of celestial objects, any celestial object massive enough to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium, but not enough to sustain c ...

, size-based definition of celestial objects **

Planet A planet is a large, Hydrostatic equilibrium, rounded Astronomical object, astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. The Solar System has eight planets b ...

Natural satellite A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a deriv ...

Dwarf planet A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be hydrostatic equilibrium, gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve clearing the neighbourhood, orbital dominance like the ...

Places

The World (archipelago) The World Islands () are an archipelago of small artificial islands constructed in the shape of a world map, located in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World Islands are composed mainly of sand Sand mining, ...

, near Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Businesses and companies

The World (Internet service provider) The World is an Internet service provider originally headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was the first commercial ISP in the world that provided a direct connection to the internet, with its first customer logging on in November 1989. ...

* The World (nightclub), a defunct club in New York City *

The World (WWE) The World (originally opened as WWF New York) was a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) themed restaurant, nightclub and retail store in Times Square in New York City, leased in the Paramount Theatre building. The venue was best known for feat ...

, a defunct New York City restaurant *

World (blockchain) World Network, originally Worldcoin, is a for-profit cryptocurrency project that uses iris biometrics developed by San Francisco- and Berlin-based Tools for Humanity. Founded in 2019 by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Max Novendstern, and ...

, a cryptocurrency project formerly known as ''Worldcoin''

Periodicals

* ''The World'' (Coos Bay), a Coos Bay, Oregon newspaper * ''

Tulsa World The ''Tulsa World'' is an American daily newspaper. It serves the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is the primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. The printed edition is the second-most circulated newspaper in the sta ...

'', a Tulsa, Oklahoma newspaper * ''The World'' (South African newspaper), a former Johannesburg newspaper * ''The World'' (1753 newspaper), a former London newspaper * ''The World'' (journal), a British weekly paper published from 1874 to 1920 * ''The World'' (Hobart), a former newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania * ''World'' (magazine), an evangelical news magazine *''The World'', a 2004 proposed newspaper by Stephen Glover * ''El Mundo'' (Spain), a Spanish newspaper * , a French newspaper * , a German newspaper * ''

National Geographic World ''National Geographic Kids'' (often nicknamed to ''Nat Geo Kids'') is a children's magazine published by National Geographic Partners. In a broad sense, the publication is a version of ''National Geographic'', the publisher's flagship magazine, ...

'', a former name of the magazine ''National Geographic Kids'' * ''

New York World The ''New York World'' was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers as a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher Jo ...

'', a former New York City newspaper (1860–1931) * ''

The Evening World ''The Evening World'' was a newspaper that was published in New York City from 1887 to 1931. It was owned by Joseph Pulitzer, and served as an evening edition of the ''New York World.'' History The first issue was on October 10, 1887. It was publ ...

'', a former New York City newspaper (1887–1931) * ''

The World Weekly ''The World Weekly'' was an international online magazine created in November 2012. The founding editor was James Geary and the founding managing director Rory O'Grady. The magazine ceased publishing in June 2018. Origins Incorporated in August ...

'', an international online newspaper created in 2012

Gaming

* ''The World'' (''.hack''), a fictional game in the franchise ''.hack'' * '' Need for Speed: World'', a 2010 racing game *

Level (video gaming) In video games, a level (also referred to as a map, mission, stage, course, or round in some older games) is any space available to the player during the course of completion of an objective. Video game levels generally have progressively incre ...

Literature

* ''The World'' (book), a philosophy book by René Descartes * "The World", a fictional lab by

Weapon Plus Weapon Plus is a fictional clandestine program appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It was created by Grant Morrison during their run in '' New X-Men''. The program's purpose is the creation of super-soldiers intended to ...

in Marvel Comics * The World, the name of the Stand used by main antagonist DIO in the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', named after the Tarot card * '' The World: A Brief Introduction'', a 2020 book by Richard N. Haass * ''Worlds'' (short story collection), a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by Eric Flint

Film, television and radio

World Channel World Channel, also branded as World (stylized as WORLD), is an American digital multicast public television network owned and operated by the WGBH Educational Foundation. It is distributed by American Public Television and the National Educatio ...

, formerly PBS World, an American television channel * ''The World'' (film), a 2004 Chinese film * ''The World'' (radio program), an American public radio news magazine * ''The World'' (TV program), an Australian news program * "The World" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), a television episode

Music

Albums

* ''World'' (album), by D:Ream, 1995 * ''The World'' (Bennie K album), 2007 * ''The World'' (U.S. Bombs album), 1999 * ''The World'' (EP), by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, 2007 * ''Worlds'' (Joe Lovano album), 1989 * ''Worlds'' (Porter Robinson album), 2014

Songs

* "World" (Bee Gees song), 1967 * "World" (Five for Fighting song), 2006 * "World" (James Brown song), 1969 * "World" (Lindita song), 2017 * "

World (The Price of Love) "World (The Price of Love)" is a song by English band New Order, released in August 1993 by London Records as the third single from their sixth studio album, ''Republic'' (1993). Simply listed as "World" on the album, the subtitle "The Price of ...

", by New Order, 1993 * "World", by Richie Sambora from '' Aftermath of the Lowdown'', 2012 * "The World" (Angel song), 2013 * "The World" (Brad Paisley song), 2006 * "The World", by

Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born 7 January 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by ''DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 in ...

, 2011 * "The World", by Nightmare from ''

The World Ruler ''the WORLD Ruler'' is Nightmare's fourth full-length studio album. Nightmare's experimentation with the styles of electronica, ambience, and usage of live brass began in this album. Three different versions of this album were released: a CD-on ...

'', 2007 * "_World", by Seventeen from '' Sector 17'', 2022

Other

* ''World'', a computer software suite developed by

JD Edwards J.D. Edwards World Solution Company or JD Edwards, abbreviated JDE, was an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company, whose namesake ERP system is still sold under ownership by Oracle Corporation. JDE's products included ''World'' for ...

, a company now owned by Oracle Corporation * MS ''The World'', a cruise ship *

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

, a beauty contest * The World (Tarot card), a Major Arcana in the tarot deck * Ontological world, by which human beings are able to make sense of things in general, see

world disclosure World disclosure (, literally "development, comprehension") is how things become intelligible and meaningfully relevant to human beings, by virtue of being part of an ontological ''world'' – i.e., a pre-interpreted and holistically structured b ...

World view A worldview (also world-view) or is said to be the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge, culture, and point of view. However, when two parties view the s ...

, the framework of ideas and beliefs through which an individual interprets the world * World B. Free (born Lloyd B. Free), an American basketball player *

Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter ...

, nicknamed “World,” an American football player