world model
noun
1A model of the real world; specifically one of the universe, expressed in mathematical terms and incorporating its physical laws.
2 Computing the totality of rules and assumptions programmed into a system, constraining its activity within certain limited boundaries.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Philosophy: the journal of the British Institute of Philosophy.
- if it kills one
- if it were not for
- if I were you
- if my memory serves (me)
- if need be
- Ifni
- if not
- IFO
- if only
- -iform
- IFP
- IFR
- if so
- iftar
- if the cap fits, wear it (if the shoe fits, wear it)
- if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain
- if there ever was
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- if the worst comes to the worst
- if truth be told
- IFV
- if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- if you ask me
- if you can't beat them, join them
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen