Digital environment
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A natural environment is all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth, A Digital Environment is a created world within a computer, or a group of computers. What becomes interesting is that, unlike in the real world, within this digital world you can record everything that happens and this trace becomes your digital footprint
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Digital Communication Environments (DCE) are well known as computer network
s. Many Digital Communication Environments contain a central hub
which everything is connected to in some form. This hub can be located inside a networking system, or could be referred to as the internet its self.
The digital world includes the sensors that automatically picks up information.
Digital Social Environments (DSE) are well known as Social networking sites. Many Digital Social Environments need one central server
to distribute information to each of its clients.
, interactive, computer-created scene or "world" is created for the user to be placed in. We see most Immersive digital environments in theme parks.
Digital footprint
A digital footprint is a trail left by an entity's interactions in a digital environment; including their usage of TV, mobile phone, internet and world wide web, mobile web and other devices and sensors...
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Digital Communication Environments
See computer networkingDigital Communication Environments (DCE) are well known as computer network
Computer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
s. Many Digital Communication Environments contain a central hub
Node (networking)
In communication networks, a node is a connection point, either a redistribution point or a communication endpoint . The definition of a node depends on the network and protocol layer referred to...
which everything is connected to in some form. This hub can be located inside a networking system, or could be referred to as the internet its self.
The digital world includes the sensors that automatically picks up information.
Digital Social environment
See Social environmentSocial environment
The social environment of an individual, also called social context or milieu, is the culture that s/he was educated or lives in, and the people and institutions with whom the person interacts....
Digital Social Environments (DSE) are well known as Social networking sites. Many Digital Social Environments need one central server
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
to distribute information to each of its clients.
Other Digital Environments
Many Environments we face can be reproduced in a digital environment, such as an Immersive digital environment in which an artificialArtificial society
Artificial Society is the specific agent based computational model for computer simulation in social analysis. It is mostly connected to the theme in complex system, emergence, Monte Carlo Method, computational sociology, multi-agent system, and evolutionary programming. The concept itself is...
, interactive, computer-created scene or "world" is created for the user to be placed in. We see most Immersive digital environments in theme parks.