Look up: virtual

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   Virtual
   A computer-generated environment.
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   virtual
   [Adjective] Near. With characteristics of the real thing, without being the real thing.
   Example: The building was in a state of virtual collapse after the earthquake.
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   Virtual
   Term applied to anything which mimics reality. While machines or applications appear to be 'real' they are only representations or imitations. Virtual Reality, which makes you appear to be in a location which you are not physically in, and Virtual Machines, which are computers which do not physically exist, are both examples of Virtual Items.
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   virtual
   (jargon, architecture) (Via the technical term virtual memory, probably from the term 'virtual image' in optics) 1. Common alternative to logical; often used to refer to the artificial objects (like addressable virtual memory larger than physical memory) created by a computer system to help the system control access to shared resources. 2. Simulate...
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   Virtual
   pertaining to a conceptual,rather than physical presence,e.g.a functional simulation of an equipment unit(computer and its associated devices).Examples:virtual storage,virtual data,virtual circuit Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   Virtual
   Definition (keystage 3) Virtual <br /> Not real. For instance, virtual work is the work that would have been done by a force that never actually existed.
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   Virtual
   Vir'tu·al adjective [ Confer French virtuel . See Virtue .] 1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing. « Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without communication of substance.» Bacon. « Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual power, and ...
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   Virtual
   The term `virtual` is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also, differing denotations. Colloquially, 'virtual' has a similar meaning to ' quasi-' or 'pseudo-' (prefixes which themselves have quite different meanings), meaning something that is `almost` something else, particularly when used in the adverbial form e.g., `He's `virtually` [almost] my boyfriend`. The term recently has been defined philosophica...
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   Virtual
   • (a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing. • (a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
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    virtual 1. Being something in effect even if not in reality or not conforming to the generally accepted definition of the term. 2. In physics, used to describe a particle whose existence is suggested to explain observed phenomena but is not proven or directly observable. 3. With computer technology, simulated by a computer for reasons of economics, conveni...
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