Environment most often refers to: Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms Other physical and cultural environments Ecology, the branch of ethology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact Market environment, business term Arts, entertainment and publishing Environment (magazine), a peer-reviewed, popular environmental science publication founded in 1958 Environment (1917 film), 1917 American silent film Environment (1922 film), 1922 American silent film Environment (1927 film), 1927 Australian silent film Environments (album series), a series of LPs, cassettes and CDs depicting natural sounds Environments (album), a 2007 album by The Future Sound of London "Environment", a song by Dave from Psychodrama Environments (journal), a scientific journal In computing Environment (type theory), the association between variable names and data types in type theory Deployment environment, in software deployment, a computer system in which a computer program or software component is deployed and executed Runtime environment, a virtual machine state which provides software services for processes or programs while a computer is running See also Environmentalism, a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection Environmental science Environment variable