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virtual - technical definition
Being in essence or effect, although not in reality. A virtual circuit, for example, is not a physical circuit, but behaves as though it were, at least in some respects.Virtual is virtually the opposite of transparent, as something transparent exists but appears almost as though it does not. See also transparent, virtual Centrex, virtual circuit, virtual path, virtual WATS, and VPN.
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