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R/L, RL, Real Life

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Non-virtual existence (pron. rill). This term was originally coined back before the Earth nanodisaster apparently to represent the then-valid dichotomy between 'imaginary' experiences drawn from electronic entertainment media and those experienced in the flesh, without electronic interpretation.

This term has since morphed into the more common definition of a personal experience of reality (as compared to another's personal experience). Contrast with VR.(Anglic, from Old Earth English "real life")

Reality
Vir - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Common Anglic root, meaning virch or virtual reality. Used in Academic Coronese and a number of other languages to designate a digital or virch entity.
Virch
Virtual
Virtual Reality
VR

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Development Notes

Text by John B

Initially published on 16 February 2003.