[via the technical term virtual memory, prob.: 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) simulated by a computer system as a convenient way
to manage 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. Oppose
{real}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {logical}{real}]