victuals

n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat}, {provisions},

{provender}, {viands}]

2: a source of nourishment [syn: {nutriment}, {nourishment}, {sustenance},

{aliment}, {alimentation}]

3: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible}, {edible},

{eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}]

virtual

(Via the technical term {virtual memory}, probably 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)

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 {real} or physical.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-11-30)