visual

adj 1: relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical

illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn:

{ocular}, {optic}, {optical}]

2: able to be seen; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"-

Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image"

[syn: {ocular}]

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.

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(1994-11-30)