wiktionarypar virtual The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also, differing denotations. The term has been defined in philosophy as that which is not real but may display the salient qualities of the real. Colloquially, virtual is used to mean almost , particularly when used in the adverbial form e.g. That s virtually almost impossible . Virtual may refer to TOCRight Computing Virtual computing Virtual airline Virtual appliance Virtual community Virtual dance Virtual desktop Virtual disk image Virtual drive Virtual facility Virtual file system Virtual folder Virtual function Virtual globe Virtual hosting Virtual keyboard Virtual machine Virtual memory Virtual network Virtual printer Virtual reality Virtual server disambiguation Virtual synchrony Virtual tour Virtual world Education and business Virtual business Virtual economy Virtual education Virtual learning environment Virtual museum Virtual office Virtual school Virtual team Virtual tradeshow Virtual university Virtual water Virtual workplace Entertainment and recreation Virtual actor Virtual art Virtual band Virtual sex Virtual studio Mathematics, physics, and medicine Virtual colonoscopy Virtual displacement Virtual image Virtual particle Virtual patient Virtual screening Virtual surgery Virtual work Philosophy Virtual philosophy Virtual artifact Telecommunications and electronics Virtual channel Virtual circuit Virtual ground Virtual queue See also Virtuality disambiguation Virtualization Virtually , used to modify a property in abstract algebra so that it need only hold for a subgroup of finite index lookfrom Virtual Categories Category Philosophical terminology Interwikies de Virtuell fr Virtuel hi nl Virtueel pt Virtual sk Virtu lny sl Virtualnost tr Sanal ur zh ... more details
Confusing date July 2008 Deleted image removed Image Virtual On logo.jpg thumb 250px Title screen video games Title screen for Cyber Troopers Virtual On nihongo Cyber Troopers Virtual On Denn Senki B charon roughly Computer Fighting Machine Virtual On is a series of video games created by Sega ... CDs . Unsourced image removed Image Virtual On controls.JPG thumb Virtual On garnered a strong cult .... Games The games in the series are as follows. Cyber Troopers Virtual On Operation Moongate Cyber Troopers Virtual On Virtual On Operation Moongate Released between 1995 and 1996 for arcades ... , v3.3s Sega Saturn and v.3.3w Windows PC , among others. Cyber Troopers Virtual On Oratorio Tangram ... and Xbox 360 XBLA . Cyber Troopers Virtual On Force Released exclusively in Japanese arcades in 2001 ... 22, 2010. Cyber Troopers Virtual On Marz Released in Japan and the United States in 2003, exclusively ... Virtual On game to have a single player story mode, which follows on with the Virtual On universe ... Yen the Knight from the Virtual On series appeared in the Japanese, turn based strategy game Super ... Virtual On Counterpoint 009A Episode 16 . The S.H.B.V.D. Special Heavy Battle Virtuaroid Division ... them apart ... 27. epilogue 28. absent lovers Cyber Troopers Virtual On Cyber Net Rhapsody Episode 14 . A more comedy oriented audio drama, Cyber Net Rhapsody Episode 14 focuses on a pair of Virtual .... 16. Appendix Overview Virtual On features mech s called Virtuaroid s, or VRs, that are large ... game, Cyber Troopers Virtual On Virtual On Operation Moongate , the Virtual On s arcade machine is actually a remote operation device sent from the future in search of Virtual On Positive VO pilots. External links Official http virtual on.sega.jp Virtual ON series Official website ja icon General resources http www.occn.zaq.ne.jp vc Virtual Century A fan created database of Virtuaroid s and general storyline information, taken from Sega s official guidebooks. ja icon Virtual On series Franchises ... more details
A virtual character may refer to Game character disambiguation Game character Embodied agent Interactive online characters Virtual band member Virtual friend Virtual newscaster Simulated reality Virtual people See also Virtual Character disambiguation dab ... more details
A virtual agent may refer to Intelligent agent , in artificial intelligence Virtual assistant , a person offering remote service Virtual character disambig ... more details
Orphan date December 2009 Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Merge to virtual economy date April 2010 Virtual finance is a branch of game design theory which is concerned with monetary aspects of virtual world s, such as massively parallel multi user games. Like real finance, virtual finance is concerned with issues like inflation , money forgery and convertibility of virtual monies. See also Virtual economy DEFAULTSORT Virtual Finance Category Video game design Videogame gameplay stub ... more details
The Virtual Community is a 1993 book about virtual community virtual communities by Howard Rheingold , a member of the early network system WELL virtual community The Well . A second edition, with a new concluding chapter was published in 2000 by MIT Press. External links http www.rheingold.com vc book intro.html The Virtual Community Text of book on the author s site DEFAULTSORT Virtual Community, The Category Virtual communities Category Sociology books Category Community building organizations sociology book stub ... more details
A virtual friend may be A pseudonym or alias An imaginary friend A non player character who acts a friend companion partner to the player s character Virtual pet See also Virtual Friend disamb ... more details
A virtual person may refer to A person of a simulated reality See Simulated reality Virtual people Artificial consciousness Interactive online characters disambig ... more details
Wiktionarypar virtual organization Several unrelated things are named virtual organization In business an organization that can take one of the following forms a business which operates primarily via electronic means see virtual business independent organizations that share resources to achieve their goals see virtual enterprise In grid computing , a Virtual Organization Grid computing VO Virtual Organization is a group who shares the same computing resources see utility computing Interlang disambig ru ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Virtual MTV, more commonly known as vMTV, is a collection of virtual worlds under the MTV Networks umbrella. vMTV includes seven separate virtual worlds, each based on an MTV television show. Virtual Laguna Beach http www.3pointd.com 20070122 mtvs virtual hills pushes 3d social networking Virtual Hills http www.3pointd.com 20070122 mtvs virtual hills pushes 3d social networking Virtual Pimp My Ride Virtual Backstage Pass Virtual Skate Park Virtual America s Best Dance Crew In early 2008 , MTV partnered with Paramount Digital Entertainment and Los Angeles based developer FanRocket to launch the two companies VooZoo application in vMTV, allowing users to communicate via scenes and lines of dialogue from the Paramount Pictures Paramount movie library. ref name test http findarticles.com p articles mi m4PRN is 2008 April 3 ai n25124259 Paramount Digital Entertainment Extends VooZoo Into MTV Networks vMTV and Makena s There.com Virtual Worlds ref In early 2009 MTV planned to close down Virtual MTV on February 19, 2009. vMTV will be replaced by a Flash based virtual world http virtual.vmtv.com vMTV 2D which is currently in Alpha testing. References references DEFAULTSORT Virtual Mtv Category MTV Networks ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In computer technology, a virtual address is an address identifying a virtual, i.e. non physical, entity. Image Virtual address space and physical address space relationship.svg thumb 300px Description The term virtual address is most commonly used for an address pointing to virtual memory or, in networking, when referring to a virtual network address. Virtual memory may be simulated by a hard disk, allowing an application to operate as though the computer has more physical memory than actually installed. See also Page table Physical address Mail Drop Virtual office DEFAULTSORT Virtual Address Category Virtual memory Category Computer memory Compu storage stub de Virtuelle Adresse ... more details
Virtual server may refer to Virtual private server , a method of server hosting using virtual machine s. Virtual hosting , a method that servers such as webservers use to host more than one domain name on the same computer. Virtual hosting service , a form of web hosting service where more than one instance of the same web server is hosted on a single physical server. Another name for port forwarding used by some routers. Microsoft Virtual Server , a virtualization product produced by Microsoft based on Connectix technology. disambig de Virtueller Server it Virtual server ... more details
In botany , a virtual herbarium is a herbarium in a digitized form. That is, it concerns a collection of digital image s of preserved plant s or plant parts. Virtual herbaria often are established to improve availability of specimens to a wider audience. However, there are digital herbaria that are not suitable for internet access because of the high resolution of scans and resulting large file sizes several hundred megabytes per file . Additional information about each specimen, such as the location, the collector, and the botanical name are attached to every specimen. Frequently, further details such as related species and growth requirements are mentioned. See also Herbar Digital External links http www.tropicos.org Tropicos Missouri Botanical Garden http www.ersa.edu.au avh Australia s Virtual Herbarium http www.usvirtualherbarium.org United States Virtual Herbarium http www.herbarium.lsu.edu plants Louisiana State University Virtual Herbarium http www.br.fgov.be RESEARCH COLLECTIONS HERBARIUM advancedsearch.php National Botanic Garden of Belgium Virtual Herbarium http herbarivirtual.uib.es eng med index.html University of the Balearic Islands Virtual Herbarium http bgbaseserver.eeb.uconn.edu University of Connecticut Virtual Herbarium http herbarium.uvu.edu Utah Valley University Virtual Herbarium http ww2.bgbm.org herbarium Virtual Herbarium of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin Dahlem, Freie Universit t Berlin http sciweb.nybg.org science2 VirtualHerbarium.asp The Virtual Herbarium at The New York Botanical Garden Category Herbaria Category Virtual museums Virtual herbarium de Virtuelles Herbarium ... more details
Infobox VG title Virtual Fishing image Image Virtual Fishing for Virtual Boy, Front Cover.jpg 256px Virtual Fishing Box art for Virtual Boy developer Pack In Video publisher vgrelease JP Pack In Video vgrelease NA THQ designer engine released vgrelease JP October 6, 1995 NA Never released genre Sports game Sports Fishing modes Single player video game Single player ratings platforms Virtual Boy media ROM cartridge 8 megabit cartridge requirements nihongo Virtual Fishing is a Japanese exclusive fishing game for the Virtual Boy . It was never released in the US due to negative receptions with the console. References div class references small cite web url http www.vr32.de modules games index.php?type released&sec main&id 19 title Virtual Fishing publisher Planet Virtual Boy accessdate 2006 06 05 div External links GameFAQs id 571618 Fishing videogame stub Category 1995 video games Category Fishing video games Category Japan exclusive video games Category Virtual Boy games Category Pack In Video games fr Virtual Fishing pt Virtual Fishing ... more details
A virtual network is a computer network that consists, at least in part, of virtual network links. A virtual network link is a link that does not consist of a physical wired or wireless connection between two computing devices but is implemented using methods of network virtualization . The two most common forms of virtual networks are protocol based virtual networks such as Virtual LAN VLAN s, Virtual private network VPN s, and Virtual Private LAN Service VPLS s and virtual networks that are based on virtual devices such as the networks connecting virtual machine s inside a hypervisor . In practice, both forms can be used in conjunction. VLANs Virtual LANs are logical LAN s Local Area Networks , based on physical LAN s. A VLAN can be created by partitioning a physical LAN into multiple logical LAN s subnets using a VLAN ID. Alternatively, several physical LAN s can function as a single logical ... routers just as multiple physical LAN s would be. A VLAN can be on a VPN. A VPN virtual private network Virtual Private Network consists of multiple remote end points typically routers, VPN gateway s of software .... Two such end points constitute a Point to Point Virtual Private Network or a PTP VPN . Connecting more than two end points by putting in place a mesh of tunnels creates a Multipoint VPN . A VPLS Virtual ... Services TLS and Ethernet Virtual Connection Services. A TLS sends what it receives, so it provides ... separation and VLAN subnetting. A common example of a virtual network that is based on virtual devices is the network inside a VMware ESX virtual host that is implemented using virtual switches vSwitches . Such networks can use non virtual protocols such as Ethernet as well as virtualization protocols such as the VLAN protocol IEEE 802.1Q . See also Overlay Network Network Virtualization Virtual Circuit Virtual Machine References http www2.rad.com networks 2006 vpls main.htm RAD VPLS Tutorial http ... of VPNs http www.vmware.com files pdf virtual networking concepts.pdf VMware Virtual Networking Concepts ... more details
Virtual earth may refer to Virtual ground the node of an electrical circuit that is maintained at a steady reference potential, without being connected directly to the reference potential. Microsoft Virtual Earth a technology framework used in interactive online mapping applications such as Live Search Maps. disambig ... more details
Virtual instrument may refer to A Software synthesizer A program that implements functions of an instrument by computer, sensors and actuators. This can be a program written in the LabVIEW or in other programming language s see Virtual instrumentation . disambig ... more details
The word virtual has been applied to computing and information technology with various meanings. It is used of software systems that act as if they were hardware systems fact date August 2009 virtual machine , virtual memory , virtual disk , of computer generated simulation s of reality virtual reality , and of internet Video game gaming environments wherein entire worlds are created virtual world or the real world is supplemented with virtual images augmented reality . Other applications of the word are being found constantly in this fast expanding field, such as virtual community , virtual library , and virtual class . Early motivations for applying virtual to computers i.e., virtualization were sharing of actual devices by many users and coordination of multiple processes, as seen with the successful use of the virtual machine approach. Internet and communication technology fostered de coupling of space where events happen, and storage technologies facilitate de coupling of time between a message being sent and received. These technologies build the environment for virtual work in teams, with members who may never meet each other in person. Communicating by telephone and e mail, with work products shared electronically, virtual team s produce results without being co located. Similarly, a virtual world is a type of habitation founded upon web technology that allows interactions for pursuits, such as Second Life economy and real estate . See also Virtualization disambiguation Virtual machine Virtual reality Virtuality software design lookfrom Virtual Starting from Mixed reality computer stub Category Computer graphics Category Mixed reality ... more details
about a Japanese puzzle game India s virtual labs project Virtual Labs India . Infobox VG title Virtual Lab image Image Virtual Lab.jpg 256px developer J Wing publisher J Wing designer engine released vgrelease JP December 8, 1995 genre Puzzle modes Single player video game Single player ratings platforms Virtual Boy media ROM cartridge 8 Megabit Cartridge requirements input nihongo Virtual Lab is a Japanese exclusive puzzle game for the Virtual Boy . Its working title was Chiki Chiki Labo . It is often thought of as being the worst Virtual Boy game released. It was the last Virtual Boy game released in Japan. Due to rushed production, the game is very incomplete. Each level gives a password after completion, yet the menu lacks a screen to input them, rendering the passwords completely useless. Nintendo is also incorrectly spelled twice, both on the game cartridge and the game box. The game speeds range from Low to Mid to Hi , but Mid is the fastest. Image VBVirtualLab1.png left thumbnail Screenshot of Virtual Lab See also List of Virtual Boy games References div class references small cite web url http www.vr32.de modules games index.php?type released&sec main&id 20 title Virtual Lab publisher Planet Virtual Boy accessdate 2006 06 05 div External links GameFAQs id 571617 puzzle videogame stub Category 1995 video games Category Japan exclusive video games Category Puzzle video games Category Virtual Boy games fr Virtual Lab oc Virtual Lab pt Virtual Lab ... more details
Virtual storage can refer to virtual memory IBM uses virtual storage rather than virtual memory The storage seen by clients when storage virtualization is used disambig Stores all of your corporate data online from a different location, this means that if you were to lose lose your data for whatever reason you would be able to recover it online. ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Orphan date February 2009 A Virtual arcade is an extension of an Arcade game emulator. With some setup, the player can view all the ROM image ROM s supported by the Virtual Arcade as actual Arcade machines . The most commonly used emulator and Virtual Arcade software is MAME and 3D Arcade. Most common Virtual Arcades can not play more than one ROM image ROM at a time which makes it near impossible to play a game that requires the player to run two ROMs at once. Most Virtual Arcades also allow you to add new games, or customize the arcade. Videogame software stub Category Arcade emulators ... more details
Image Virtual Zoo.jpg thumb right Virtual Zoo A Virtual Zoo is a new concept that uses the zoo model in a world Wide Web web format http www.waza.org virtualzoo index.php?main virtualzoo . Virtual zoos are basically websites that are created to simulate a visit to a zoo, and the visitors to these sites can view exhibit s about animals and their habaits. Many Zoos http www.alaskazoo.org tour.htm as well as schools http pioneerschooldistrict.org education staff staff.php?sectionid 146 have developed virtual zoos. For example, instead of actual animal s a virtual zoo will have article publishing articles and photos as exhibits. There are many virtual zoos that have been created most are small and unremarkable, while some have hundreds of exhibits. Many of these projects focus on photos of animal s or the sale of animal products. Some virtual zoos are strictly educational . Zoos on the web are good sources of animal information . History The first virtual zoo was created in 1994 by Ken Boschert , DVM. http netvet.wustl.edu e zoo.htm Dr. Boschert created his site as a way of informing people ... . Many Virtual zoos Claim to be the first or the largest. By visiting the virtual zoos it is easy ... The validity of virtual zoos have met with some resistance. However, many view virtual zoos ... the capture and keeping of wild animals. Virtual zoos can provide information and experience ... Victoria Vision, Mission, Purpose Bot generated title ref Virtual Zoos can contribute to these stated ... links Animal Photos Lawrence Goes To The Zoo http www.lawrencegoetz.com zoo Educational Virtual Zoos Pioneer Virtual Zoo http pioneerschooldistrict.org education staff staff.php?sectionid 146 The Electronic Zoo http netvet.wustl.edu e zoo.htm Zoobooks Virtual Zoo http www.zoobooks.com newFrontPage animals virtualZoo petme.html The Virtual Zoo http library.thinkquest.org 11922 index.htm The Wild Ones http www.thewildones.org vzoo.html Mr. Crean s Virtual Zoo http www.mrcrean.com virtualzoo ... more details
Virtual observatory VO is a collection of interoperating data archive data archives and software tools which utilize the internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted. In much the same way as a real observatory consists of telescopes , each with a collection of unique astronomical instruments, the VO consists of a collection of data centre data centres each with unique collections of astronomical data, software systems and processing capabilities ... data collections in a user friendly manner. Examples AstroGrid the UK s Virtual Observatory Service ... Virtual Observatory the USA s VO Virtual Observatory India Virtual Observatory, India the India s Virtual Observatory http vino.ir Iran Virtual Observatory the Iran s Virtual Observatory In addition the IVOA International Virtual Observatory Alliance is a standards body created by the VO projects ... on NEMO and theory in a virtual observatory Peter Teuben, Univ. of Maryland http www.interquanta.biz vos Virtual Observatories initiatives worldwide, State of the projects 2006 InterQuanta http www ... http www.universealive.com Iran Online Observatory http vino.ir Iran Virtual Observatory http www.astrogrid.org UK Virtual Observatory http vo.iucaa.ernet.in voi Virtual Observatory, India http www.us vo.org US National Virtual Observatory http kvo.kao.re.kr Korean Virtual Observatory http www.inasan.rssi.ru eng rvo Russian Virtual Observatory http jvo.nao.ac.jp Japanese Virtual Observatory http hvo.elte.hu en Hungarian Virtual Observatory http www.g vo.org German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory http www.france vo.org Virtual Observatory France http www.aras.am Armenian Virtual Observatory http vobs.astro.it Italian Virtual Observatory http svo.cab.inta csic.es Spanish Virtual Observatory http aus vo.org Australian Virtual Observatory astronomy stub Category Virtual observatories de Virtuelles Observatorium es Observatorio virtual ... more details
A virtual artifact VA is an immaterial Object philosophy object that exists in the human mind or in a digital environment, for example the Internet , intranet , virtual reality , cyberspace , etc. ref ... Real and Virtual Worlds. 6th ERCIM Workshop User Interfaces for All October 2000 Dmitry Sokolov, Dimitri Plemenos and Karim Tamine. Methods and data structures for virtual world exploration. The Visual ... and Virtual Artifacts. Educational Technology & Society 5 1 2002 Shahram Izadi, Mike Fraser, Steve Benford ... University Press, 2001. ref Background The term virtual artifact has been used in a variety of ways ... 2005 07 cory doctorow b.html virtual books that exist in digital environments. The concept behind the term is rapidly developing and expanding as new phenomena emerge in the virtual domain. History ..., events and entities in painting, photography and film. Moreover, virtual artifacts were ... enabled the creation of interactive virtual environments that were based on digital technologies and new methods of presentation. In digital environments, virtual artifacts became independent ... Steven R. Holtzman. Digital Mantras The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worlds, p. 193 211. The MIT Press 1996. ref Virtual artifacts in digital environments Humans have expanded the existing environment to the virtual domain. Virtual artifacts can be seen as an essential cultural phenomenon in modern society. Virtual artifacts bear meanings and functions and since they are part of the world they affect real world events and people s lives. Virtual artifacts have certain similarities to real ... modeling or virtual reality . Simulated virtual objects photorealistic VA and environments have a model in the real world, however, depending on the context, an abstract virtual artifact isn t necessarily dependent on the laws of physics or causality. ref Vince, John. Introduction to virtual reality. Springer Verlag London limited 2004. ref Some virtual artifacts are purely abstract in their nature ... more details
Refimprove date November 2007 Orphan date September 2008 A virtual body is the state of being when inhabiting virtual reality or a virtual environment ref name Balsamo Balsamo, A 2000, The virtual body ... . The virtual body is also recognized as an escape from the limits set by reality and different forms of conventionality ref name Balsamo . Frequently discussed modes There are two particular ways that the virtual ... representation of a person s identity as a virtual body in cyberspace. The disembodiment ... 1999, The corporeal body in virtual reality, in Body, Self, and Technology , vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 315 ... theories such as astral projection or out of body experiences . Subsequently, the virtual ... in turn, according to theories, affects the mind and the virtual body but has no interaction ... issue frequently discussed about virtual bodies is that although the opportunity was presented to create and be any sort of virtual body imaginable, there was a tendency to reproduce old identities referring ... ref name Balsamo . When new identities are explored, it has been noticed that the virtual body ... implies that the virtual body in itself is a fluid state of being that conceals itself within social conventions. Other notions The virtual body can also be regarded as needing the body for extra immersion into a virtual environment. This notion was initially discussed in reference to the original developments of Virtual Reality, where goggles and gloves were required to fully immerse the mind into virtual worlds ref name Murray . This type of virtual reality offers a different kind of virtual body because it generates the idea within the mind that the virtual body and the real physical ... depicted through virtual bodies is the representation people give on websites such as Facebook and MySpace ..., which in turn develops their virtual body representation. Along the same lines, is the identity ... how different the represented virtual body and identity is to the real physical one. This is unlike ... more details
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