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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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adj. [via the technical term virtual memory , prob.: from the term virtual
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image in optics] 1. Common alternative to logical ; often used to refer to
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the artificial objects (like addressable virtual memory larger than physical
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memory) simulated by a computer system as a convenient way to manage access
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to shared resources. 2. Simulated; performing the functions of something
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that isn't really there. An imaginative child's doll may be a virtual
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playmate. Oppose real.
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