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virtual: adj. [via the technical term virtual
memory, prob.: 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) simulated by a computer system as a convenient way to
manage 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.
Oppose real.
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