Environment vs. Ecosystem

Environmentnoun

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Environmentnoun

The natural world or ecosystem.

Environmentnoun

All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

Environmentnoun

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

Environmentnoun

(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Environmentnoun

Act of environing; state of being environed.

Environmentnoun

That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

Environmentnoun

the totality of surrounding conditions;

Environmentnoun

the area in which something exists or lives;

Environmentnoun

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

Environmentnoun

the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on

Environmentnoun

the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates

Environmentnoun

the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity

Ecosystemnoun

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

Ecosystemnoun

The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.

Ecosystemnoun

A set of interconnected products and services.

Ecosystemnoun

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows.