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One of the most common confusions about Second Life I ([[Torley]]) come across is '''distinguishing between land hierarchy terms'''. As in:
 
* "What's the difference between a region and an estate?"
* "Are a region and a sim the same thing?" (No, not quite; "sim" gets misused often. [[Sim|Learn the difference]].)
 
Totally understandable.
 
Ever seen the brilliant short, ''Powers of Ten''? I highly recommend watching it, if only to get an awe-inspiring idea of our real world fits together, and how bigger groups contain smaller units.
 
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In a similar way, since Second Life is 3D and graphical, I thought I'd show you an '''elegant, visual "cheat sheet" of our land hierarchy'''. Click to enlarge (or right-click and download), and share it with your friends!
 
[[File:Land-units.jpg|640px|link=https://wiki.secondlife.com/w/images/7/71/Land-units.jpg]]
 
Obviously, this is a simplified view; [[Teen Second Life]] isn't represented, nor are details of various continents and cultural features. If you're interested in more of that, [[Category:Culture|see the Culture Category]], and we have '''[[Land|more information about the above terms]]'''.
 
''The above was adapted from [https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/02/04/land-grid-estate-region-parcel-whats-da-difference#comment-774161 this blog post].''
 
== Trivia ==
 
* '''Square meters (m<sup>2</sup>) were chosen as a general representation due to their familiarity and rough proportion to avatar size.''' However, scale is different in Second Life: for example, houses are often more spacious inside due to how the third-person camera controls get obscured by walls. So for practical purposes, virtual square meters ''aren't'' the same as real-world square meters.
* '''[[Limits|See the Limits page]]''' for more numerical information.

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