Digital World

The "Digital World" (デジタルワールド, Dejitaru Wārudo) and "Digimon World" (デジモンワールド, Dejimon Wārudo) are names often used to refer to the many Digital Worlds that exist across all media, but it's also the default name for the Digital World ruled by the Host Computer Yggdrasill, one of the three main Digital Worlds known.

The Digital World is a pseudo- located on the network, where Digimon and other digital lifeforms inhabit. It is a vast world very similar to the Real World, with an atmosphere, vast oceans, continents and islands. It is managed and operated with multiple servers alongside the Yggdrasill System. The identity of the people and organizations that manage and operate the Digital World remain a mystery.

This particular Digital World seems to have been created by a human believed by some researchers and Digimon to be the God of the Digital World. The Net Ocean would later be discovered within a supercomputer operating under the Yggdrasill System, while the Digital World would be discovered by researchers thanks to the use of the Digimon Capture software, and its existence would later be announced publicly in 1997. The reason for its creation also remains a mystery.

In order to see and interact with the Digital World, Digimon researchers and Tamers use high-performance hardware such as a personal computer, Virtual Pets and Simulation Programs. However, due to hardware limitations, some things may not be able to be rendered, and state-of-the-art digital tools may be needed.

The Digital World is primarily subject to the, and its "" normally precludes the existence of incomplete Jogresses like Chaosmon, which are considered Bugs. It is protected from external threats through the Internet by Digimon like Crossmon, whose duty is to annihilate any invaders that try to enter the Digital World. While the Digital World itself is protected by the Royal Knights, a group of thirteen powerful Holy Knight digimon gathered by Yggdrasill to serve as the Digital World's highest rank of Network Security. Clockmon is considered the protector of time and governs the computer's timer. It manages the "Time" and "Space" of all computers and networks, and if it is between 1900 and 1999, it is able to freely advance and rewind time, and it is rumored that a certain is covertly conducting research and development on Digimon in order to take possession of this Digital World.

=Structure of the Digital World= Usually we talk about the Digital World as if it was a single place, but it’s actually split into all sorts of Layers, also known as Dimensions or Servers. Each of these Layers contains its own space separated from the rest and are considered Digital Worlds of other dimensions. When we take all of these Layers together, we get the Digital World as a whole.

Every year the Digital World is expanding infinitely as the network advances. In some depictions, the Digital World appears to be a single planet, while in others it's a vast universe even bigger then the Human World.

The main Layer of the Digital World is known as the Surface Area, it's the closest Layer to the Network and it usually consists of five regions: File Island, Folder Continent, WWW Continent, Forest of the Gods and Net Ocean. At some point during the L&R Wars an "Unknown Island" appeared in the surface layer, which seems to be a physical manifestation of the Dark Area which surfaced in the middle of the Digital World. It is in this Layer that most of the events from all media occur.

The Dark Area is the lowest layer of the Digital World, and thus it is usually not affected by big events that occur in other Layers, sush as the Project Ark.. It is the graveyard of deleted data and serves as the place to which Digimon are ultimately transmitted when their life span finishes or they are defeated in battle.

The Kernel is the highest dimension of the Digital World. It is the core of the Digital World's universe as well as being God's domain, the place closest to Yggdrasill and where the host computer lives.

Witchelny is a Digital World of another dimension. Digimon in this dimension developed an ability known as magic (high-level programming language), and the land is occupied by four clans that specialize in different kinds of elemental magic. Digimon of this area sometimes travel to the Surface Area of the Digital World in order to further their own skills, while some Digimon from the Surface Area travel to Witchelny in order to learn Magic.

Nanimon, BomberNanimon, Piemon and other Evil-species and Undead type Digimon come from other Dimensions. Wendimon is able to warp by moving through other dimensions, as well as create subdimensions of its own. Millenniumon can also create its own pocket dimensions. The inside of the "Beni Hisago" that Ginkakumon carries on its back is said to be connected to somewhere in a different dimension, and that Digimon who are hurled to this different dimension are converted to alcohol. Digitamamon is said to never evolve unless it fuses with data from another dimension.. Dukemon: Crimson Mode and Mastemon can consign its oponents to another dimension with their abilities. Alphamon is able to summon a legendary monster from another Dimension. The inside of the cloth concealing Phantomon’s body is connected to the Digital World of another dimension, while MetalPhantomon functions using energy provided by a Digital World in another dimension. When Canoweissmon releases all of its power, its entire body shines with white-hot light so intense that it can be perceived in other dimensions. And finally, Abbadomon is thought to have annihilated several Digital Worlds in other dimensions in the past.

New Digital World
In 2003, as digimon continued to grow, evolve, and multiply, the Digital World grew closer to exceeding its storage capacity, and the world would be destroyed if it exceeded that limit. In order to prevent that, Yggdrasill created a separate new world known as the New Digital World, and transported only a few chosen digimon there. The former Digital World is now refered to as the "Old Digital World", and digimon left behind there were to be eliminated by the Royal Knights and the X-Program as part of the Project Ark. After this, the Old Digital World became a world of death due to the contamination by the X-Program, and was thus under strict lockdown. After a decade or so had passed, the concentration of the X-Program there had thinned enough that it would not affect the bodies of Digimon directly; as such, Yggdrasill ordered the Royal Knights to conduct a survey on the current state of the Old Digital World.

The New Digital World is designed on a three-tiered "Chronicle Layer System". These three layers are known as terminals: (Ulud), (Versandi), and (Skuld). Terminal Versandi is the most similar to the former Digital World, and all of the Digital World's dimensions where recreated in this New Digital World.

Zones
During the events of the Digimon Xros Wars Storyline, the whole Digital World broke apart, being divided into a total of 108 different Zones, each with a Code Crown that represented them. If all Code Crown where collected, the Digital World could be rebuilt.

=History of the Digital World= See History of the Digital World

=Areas=
 * Server Continent
 * File Island
 * Folder Continent
 * Forest of the Gods
 * WWW Continent
 * Trash Hole
 * Demon's Valley

=Appearances=

File Island
File Island is where the first group of Chosen Children arrived. At the time it was under the control of Devimon and he was using the Black Gears to take control of other Digimon. The island is home to many kinds of digimon and is made up of many different environments for them to live in.

Server Continent
Server Continent is west of File Island. The Chosen Children were advised by Gennai to go to Server to find the Tags and Crest that were scatted throughout the continent. It was divided into two parts: a desert that was controlled by Etemon and the forest region that was controlled by Vamdemon.

The Eastern Region
The eastern region is protected by Qinglongmon and is where most of the events from Digimon Adventure 02 occurs. It is mostly taken over by the Digimon Kaizer by building the Dark Towers to seal away the power of the Qinglongmon. The eastern region is also where the Holy Stones are hidden that are almost all destroyed by Black War Greymon. 100 of these Dark Towers are also used to create Black War Greymon.

The Northern Region
The northern region is protected by Xuanwumon.

The Southern Region
The southern region is protected by Zhuqiaomon.

The Western Region
The Western Region is protected by Baihumon.

Interesting thing about these 4 Digimon Sovereigns:
 * Folder Continent is home to Baihumon, who lives in the Codec Ruin area.
 * Forest of the Gods is home to Xuanwumon, who lives in the Script Forest Area.
 * WWW Continent is home to Qinglongmon, and Zhuqiaomon. Qinglongmon lives in the Assembler Tower, and Zhuqiaomon lives in the Boot Volcano.
 * Trash Hole is home to Huanglongmon, the fifth Digimon Sovereign.