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1. (n.) real world
the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.
Etymology: (1960–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) real world, real life
the practical world as opposed to the academic world
"a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world"
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. real world
1. Those institutions at which ‘programming’ may be used
in the same sentence as ‘FORTRAN’,
‘COBOL’, ‘RPG’,
‘IBM’, ‘DBASE’, etc. Places
where programs do such commercially necessary but intellectually
uninspiring things as generating payroll checks and invoices. 2. The location of non-programmers and activities not related to
programming. 3. A bizarre dimension in which the standard dress is shirt and tie
and in which a person's working hours are defined as 9 to 5 (see
code grinder).
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