| virtual (Via the technical term , probably from the term "virtual image" in optics) 1. Common alternative to ; often used to refer to the artificial objects (like addressable larger than physical memory) created by a computer system to help the system control access to shared resources. 2. Simulated; performing the functions of something that isn't really there. An imaginative child's doll may be a virtual playmate. Opposite of or physical. [] (1994-11-30) |
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