Noun
a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
Source: WordNetPersonal computing today is a rich ecosystem encompassing massive PC-based data centers, notebook and Tablet PCs, handheld devices, and smart cell phones. It has expanded from the desktop and the data center to wherever people need it - at their desks, in a meeting, on the road or even in the air. Bill Gates
Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem. Douglas Coupland
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem. Michael Chabon
I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem. Jared Polis
There are several generations of Silicon Valley CEOs who "pay-it-forward." It's an understood, underground thing you don't talk about. You give back to younger founders and entrepreneurs without asking for anything. The goal is to pass on what we learned to make our startup ecosystem better. Steve Blank
Ecological Economics studies the ecology of humans and the economy of nature, the web of interconnections uniting the economic subsystem to the global ecosystem of which it is a part. Robert Costanza