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virtual
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virtual
adj.
being such in power or effect though not formally recognized; imaginary, hypothetical; computer simulated
n.
computerized representation of an actual object (Computers)
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Virtual
Virtual may refer to:
- Virtuality, the quality of having the attributes of something without sharing its (real or imagined) physical form
- Virtual, a 2001 album by Romanian band Animal X
- Virtual channel, a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel (or range of frequencies) on which the signal travels
- Virtual function, a programming function or method whose behaviour can be overridden within an inheriting class by a function with the same signature
- Virtual memory, a memory management technique that abstracts the memory address space in a computer, allowing each process to have a dedicated address space.
- Virtual particle, a species of particle which has energy and momentum uncertain according to the uncertainty principle.
- Virtual (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
- Virtual (philosophy), a term used by Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda to denote potentiality as being equally real to actuality, but in a different manner.
- Virtualization, a computing technique to create representations of computer resources
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virtual
Adjective
1. being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
(synonym) virtual(a), practical(a)
(similar) realistic
2. being such in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality"
(synonym) virtual(a)
(similar) essential
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virtual
adj.
virtual, being such in power or effect though not formally recognized; computer simulated
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virtual
adj.
constructive; potential, virtual
