Virtual may refer to:
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Virtual (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
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Virtual channel
In most telecommunications organizations, a virtual channel is a method of remapping the ''program number'' as used in H.222 Program Association Tables and Program Mapping Tables to a channel number that can be entered via digits on a receiver' ...
, a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel (or range of frequencies) on which the signal travels
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Virtual function, a programming function or method whose behaviour can be overridden within an inheriting class by a function with the same signature
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Virtual machine
In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization/ emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve specialized har ...
, the virtualization of a computer system
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Virtual meeting, or web conferencing
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Virtual memory, a memory management technique that abstracts the memory address space in a computer
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Virtual particle, a type of short-lived particle of indeterminate mass
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Virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), e ...
(virtuality), computer programs with an interface that gives the user the impression that they are physically inside a simulated space
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Virtual world
A virtual world (also called a virtual space) is a computer-simulated environment which may be populated by many users who can create a personal avatar, and simultaneously and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activitie ...
, a computer-based simulated environment populated by many users who can create a personal avatar, and simultaneously and independently explore the world, participate in its activities and communicate with others
* ''Virtual'', a 2001 album by Romanian band
Animal X
* Virtual, a former Blizzard Entertainment online streamer known for interviewing Ng Wai Chung during the
''Blitzchung Controversy''
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Exit pupil, a virtual aperture in an optical system
See also
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Virtual community (disambiguation)
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List of things described as virtual
In various contexts, things are often described as "virtual" when they share important functional aspects with other things (real or imagined) that are or would be described as "more real".
These include the following:
Computing
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Virtuality (disambiguation)
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Virtualization
In computing, virtualization or virtualisation (sometimes abbreviated v12n, a numeronym) is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something at the same abstraction level, including virtual computer hardware platforms, st ...
, a computing technique to create representations of computer resources
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Virtua (disambiguation)
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