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Applications
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Technology
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Notable events and influence
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Criticism and controversy
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Key facts & relationships
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- Available in
- 12 languages
- Developer
- Linden Lab
- Engine
- Open-source (C++, OpenGL)
- License
- LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Platform
- Windows · macOS · Linux (in development) · iOS (beta) · Android (beta)
- Release
- June 23, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-06-23)
Topics to explore
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Overview
- Virtual world
- Avatars Avatar (computing)
- Personal computers
- San Francisco
- Linden Lab
- Massively multiplayer online role-playing video games Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
- Client software Client (computing)
- Virtual property Virtual goods
- Linden Dollar Economy of Second Life
History
- Philip Rosedale
- Metaverse
- Neal Stephenson
- Snow Crash
- University of California, San Diego
- BusinessWeek
- Anshe Chung
- Cory Ondrejka
- Chief technology officer
- Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
- Mark Kingdon Mark D. Kingdon
- Sansar Sansar (video game)
Classification
Residents and avatars
Content
- 3D modeling
- Procedural Procedural programming
- 3D mesh Polygon mesh
- Digital rights management
Economy
Technology
- Windows
- MacOS
- Linux
- ChromeOS
- OpenGL
- Debian
- UUID
- Isilon Systems
- S3 Amazon S3
- Terabytes Terabyte
- Havok Havok (software)
- Open standards Open standard
- Free Free software
- Open source software
- Apache Apache HTTP Server
- MySQL
- Squid Squid (software)
- Standardizing Standardization
- AWS Amazon Web Services
- BSD
- C# C Sharp (programming language)
- Mono Mono (software)
Applications
- Machinima
- West Virginia University
- Maldives
- Sweden
- Swedish Institute
- Carl Bildt
- Serbia
- Nikola Tesla Museum
- Guča Trumpet Festival
- Exit Festival Exit (festival)
- Estonia
- Colombia
- North Macedonia Macedonia (country)
- Albania
- Malta
- LifeChurch.tv
- Edmond, Oklahoma
- Islam Online
- Muslims
- Hajj
- Mecca
- Humanists Humanist
- Atheists Atheist
- Agnostics Agnostic
- Freethinkers Freethought
- Romantic relationships Romantic relationship
- Sex Sexual intercourse
- BDSM
- Gorean
- Social media
Notable events and influence
- David Fincher
- Peter Straughan
- Tim Guest
- Second Lives
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Woodbury University
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Soviet Union
- Berlin Wall
- Peter Ludlow
- Mark P. McCahill
- Mass communication
- French National Front (FN) Front National (France)
- Second Life Left Unity Businesses and organizations in Second Life
- Grey goo
- Denial-of-service attacks Denial-of-service attack
- Snowglobe
- Trojan code Trojan horse (computing)
- DDOS
- Off-the-Record Messaging
- Vlogger Vlogger (film)
- Political thriller
- Sitges Film Festival
Criticism and controversy
- Budgeting of server resources Real estate (Second Life)
- Cyberbullying
- Bragg v. Linden Lab
- Ponzi scheme
- Ginko Financial
- Bank run
- E-commerce
- Latency Latency (engineering)
- Bottleneck Bottleneck (engineering)
- Quality assurance Software Quality Assurance
- MMOGs MMOG
- Frame rates Frame rate
- CPU
- CopyBot
- GLIntercept GLIntercept?action=edit&redlink=1
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- DMCA
- To combat simulated child pornography Legal status of fictional pornography depicting minors
- Identity theft
- Familles de France Familles de France?action=edit&redlink=1
- Bondage Bondage (BDSM)
- Zoophilia
- Scatophilia Coprophilia
- Libsecondlife
- Takedown notices Takedown notice
Litigation
- Reserve Reserve price
- Unenforceable
- Contract of adhesion
- Out-of-court settlement
- Class action
- Copyright
- Trademark
- Mike Lorrey Mike Lorrey?action=edit&redlink=1
In popular culture
- Governor of Virginia
- Mark Warner
- Redzone
- Paul Levinson
- Charles Stross
- The Office The Office (U.S. TV series)
- Dwight Schrute
- Rainn Wilson
- Local Ad
Research
- Action learning
- British Journal of Educational Technology
- Data collection Survey data collection
Advanced semantic analysis
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.Second Life
Nodes186
Edges185
Triples486
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010753
Components1
How this topic connects Entity context
Quick relationship hints grouped by predicate. Useful for spotting recurring semantic connections around the current entity.See the strongest relationship patterns around the current topic before diving into the raw triples.
Second Life
Top relations
related to Further reading · 82
Second Life → Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, About, Abu Saleh Md Mahfujur, Academic Consulting Environment, Age, An Anthropologist Explores, Arizona, Assessment, Bell, Boellstorff, Business Horizons, Challenges Faced, Coming, Conference, Consumer, Dinçer, Dummies, Education, Fraud, Games
related to In popular culture · 26
Second Life → American, Authors George, Charles Stross, CSI, Dwight Schrute, February, Governor, In, In September, June, Local Ad, Martin, May, MMO, Musicians, November, NY, Paul Levinson, Rainn Wilson, Redzone
related to Economy · 18
Second Life → Ailin Graef, Anshe Chung, At, GDP, Gross, However, In, Linden Dollar, Linden Dollars, Linden Lab, PayPal, Residents, Second Life's, September, She, The, There, US
related to history · 18
Second Life → Although, Anshe Chung, At, BusinessWeek, By, California, In, Linden Lab, Linden World, Neal Stephenson's, Philip Rosedale, Rosedale, San Diego, Second Life's, Snow Crash, That, The Rig, University
related to The Emerald client and in-world logging scripts · 18
Second Life → DDOS, Due, Emerald, Emerald's, Firestorm Viewer, In, Linden Lab, Off-the-Record Messaging, One, Phoenix, Second Life's, Several, Shortly, Snowglobe, The, The Emerald, The Phoenix, Trojan
related to Ban of Woodbury University · 17
Second Life → According, Berlin Wall, California, Clift, Culture, Design, Edward Clift, Higher Education, Linden Lab, Meanwhile, Media, On April, School, Soviet Union, The, The Chronicle, Woodbury University
related to Embassies · 16
Second Life → Carl Bildt, DiploFoundation, Diplomacy Island, Diplomatic Academy, Diplomatic Museum, Foreign Affairs, In May, Run, Second Life's, Sweden, Sweden's, Swedish Institute, The Island, The Maldives, The Swedish Minister, Virtual Diplomacy Project
related to Religion · 16
Second Life → Anglican, Christian, Christianity, Congregation, Edmond, Experience Island, FUUCSL Congregation, In, In July, LifeChurch, Mark Brown, Oklahoma, Religious, Services, The First Unitarian Universalist, US
related to Relationships · 15
Second Life → BDSM, Booperkit, Booperkit Moseley, England, Gorean, However, In, Romantic, Shukran, Shukran Fahid, Some, The, There, They, United States
related to Residents and avatars · 13
Second Life → Avatar, Avatars, Certain, However, Linden Lab, Premium, Resident, Residents, There, They, This, US, USD
Important terminology Word statistics
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Important terminology
second life linden virtual lab users world also content one avatars 2007 used objects residents 2008 may use sl online
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Life | Available in | 12 languages | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Developer | Linden Lab | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Engine | Open-source (C++, OpenGL) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | License | LGPL-2.1-or-later | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Platform | Windows | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Platform | macOS | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Platform | Linux (in development) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Platform | iOS (beta) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Platform | Android (beta) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Release | June 23, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-06-23) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Repository | github.com/secondlife/viewer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Website | secondlife.com | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | Written in | C++ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Life | is a | multi-user virtual world that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and then interact with other users | 0.90 | text |
| Second Life | is a | multi-user virtual world | 0.90 | text |
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Bridge nodes connect otherwise separate parts of the map. Expand a row to inspect the topic groups on each side.Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.
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