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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>virtual</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../V.html" title="V"/><link rel="previous" href="virgin.html" title="virgin"/><link rel="next" href="virtual-beer.html" title="virtual beer"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">virtual</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="virgin.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">V</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="virtual-beer.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="virtual"/><dt xmlns="" id="virtual"><b>virtual</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [via the technical term <span class="firstterm">virtual
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memory</span>, prob.: from the term <span class="firstterm">virtual
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image</span> in optics] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Common alternative to <a href="../L/logical.html"><i class="glossterm">logical</i></a>; often used
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to refer to the artificial objects (like addressable virtual memory larger
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than physical memory) simulated by a computer system as a convenient way to
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manage access to shared resources. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Simulated; performing the functions of something that isn't
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really there. An imaginative child's doll may be a virtual playmate.
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Oppose <a href="../R/real.html"><i class="glossterm">real</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="virgin.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../V.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="virtual-beer.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">virgin </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> virtual beer</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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