The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also denotations. Colloquially, 'virtual' has a similar meaning to 'quasi-' or 'pseudo-' (prefixes which themselves have quite different meanings), meaning something that is almost something else, particularly when used in the adverbial form, e.g. "He's virtually ^* my boyfriend." __NOTOC__

Physics

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• Virtual particles—Particles that exist for a period of time which is not enough to mathematically define their energy.
• Virtual work

Computing

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• Virtual memory—Memory which may not physically exist, but is made to appear so by software:
• Virtual machines—Software based partitions of a single computer that function as if they were independent computers.
• Virtual function—allows a derived class to override functions in classes it inherits from
• Virtualization—The concept of establishing and managing virtual machines or other virtual resources that share phyical computing hardware.
• Virtual reality—A popular sci-fi/IT concept
• Virtual host—A function of modern webservers that allows more than one website to be hosted on the same server

Philosophy

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Numerous philosophers have advanced conceptions of the virtual.

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