varied Lorikeet
         n 1: lorikeet with a colorful coat [syn: {varied Lorikeet},
               {Glossopsitta versicolor}]

English Dictionary: virtual(a)	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
varietal n a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape Synonym(s): varietal, varietal wine Antonym(s): generic, generic wine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
varietal wine n a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape Synonym(s): varietal, varietal wine Antonym(s): generic, generic wine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verdolagas n weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan Synonym(s): common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtual adj being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" Synonym(s): virtual(a), practical(a) existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtual image n a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtual memory n (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses Synonym(s): virtual memory, virtual storage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtual reality n a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtual storage n (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses Synonym(s): virtual memory, virtual storage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtually adv in essence or effect but not in fact; "the strike virtually paralyzed the city"; "I'm virtually broke" (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" Synonym(s): about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weroole \We*roo"le\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An Australian lorikeet ({Ptilosclera versicolor}) noted for       the variety of its colors; -- called also {varied lorikeet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Varied \Va"ried\, a.       Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied       experience; varied interests; varied scenery. --       {Va"ried*ly}, adv.                   The varied fields of science, ever new.   --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Varietal \Va*ri"e*tal\, a.       Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety;       constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or       species.                   Perplexed in determining what differences to consider                as specific, and what as varietal.         --Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertilinear \Ver`ti*lin"e*ar\, a. [Vertical + linear.]       Straight; rectilinear. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Image \Im"age\, n. [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of       imitari to imitate. See {Imitate}, and cf. {Imagine}.]       1. An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person,             thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise             made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a             copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.                         Even like a stony image, cold and numb. --Shak.                         Whose is this image and superscription? --Matt.                                                                               xxii. 20.                         This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.                                                                               --Shak.                         And God created man in his own image. --Gen. i. 27.          2. Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid;             an idol. --Chaucer.                         Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . .                      . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. --Ex. xx.                                                                               4, 5.          3. Show; appearance; cast.                         The face of things a frightful image bears.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn             by the fancy; a conception; an idea.                         Can we conceive Image of aught delightful, soft, or                      great?                                                --Prior.          5. (Rhet.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken             from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject;             usually, an extended metaphor. --Brande & C.          6. (Opt.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the             focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the             several points of the object symmetrically refracted or             reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may             be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the             retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with             an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the             likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see             one's image in a mirror.          {Electrical image}. See under {Electrical}.          {Image breaker}, one who destroys images; an iconoclast.          {Image graver}, {Image maker}, a sculptor.          {Image worship}, the worship of images as symbols; iconolatry             distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images             themselves.          {Image Purkinje} (Physics), the image of the retinal blood             vessels projected in, not merely on, that membrane.          {Virtual image} (Optics), a point or system of points, on one             side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit             the system of rays which actually exists on the other side             of the mirror or lens. --Clerk Maxwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moment \Mo"ment\, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum       movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and       cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.]       1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as,             at thet very moment.                         In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. --1 Cor.                                                                               xv. 52.          2. Impulsive power; force; momentum.                         The moments or quantities of motion in bodies.                                                                               --Berkley.                         Touch, with lightest moment of impulse, His free                      will.                                                --Milton.          3. Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight             or value; consideration.                         Matters of great moment.                     --Shak.                         It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less                      moment and consequence of us than the others.                                                                               --Bentley.          4. An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or             consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.          5. (Math.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an             increment or decrement. [Obs.]          6. (Mech.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce             motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.          {Moment of a couple} (Mech.), the product of either of its             forces into the perpendicular distance between them.          {Moment of a force}. (Mech.)             (a) With respect to a point, the product of the intensity                   of the force into the perpendicular distance from the                   point to the line of direction of the force.             (b) With respect to a line, the product of that component                   of the force which is perpendicular to the plane                   passing through the line and the point of application                   of the force, into the shortest distance between the                   line and this point.             (c) With respect to a plane that is parallel to the force,                   the product of the force into the perpendicular                   distance of its point of application from the plane.                            {Moment of inertia}, of a rotating body, the sum of the mass             of each particle of matter of the body into the square of             its distance from the axis of rotation; -- called also             {moment of rotation} and {moment of the mass}.          {Statical moment}, the product of a force into its leverage;             the same as {moment of a force} with respect to a point,             line, etc.          {Virtual moment}. See under {Virtual}.          Syn: Instant; twinkling; consequence; weight; force; value;                consideration; signification; avail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Velocity \Ve*loc"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Velocities}. [L. velocitas,       from velox, -ocis, swift, quick; perhaps akin to v[?]lare to       fly (see {Volatile}): cf. F. v[82]locit[82].]       1. Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity;             as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or             comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon             ball; the velocity of light.          Note: In such phrases, velocity is more generally used than                celerity. We apply celerity to animals; as, a horse or                an ostrich runs with celerity; but bodies moving in the                air or in ethereal space move with greater or less                velocity, not celerity. This usage is arbitrary, and                perhaps not universal.          2. (Mech.) Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time,             measured by the number of units of space passed over by a             moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number             of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under             {Speed}.          {Angular velocity}. See under {Angular}.          {Initial velocity}, the velocity of a moving body at             starting; especially, the velocity of a projectile as it             leaves the mouth of a firearm from which it is discharged.                      {Relative velocity}, the velocity with which a body             approaches or recedes from another body, whether both are             moving or only one.          {Uniform velocity}, velocity in which the same number of             units of space are described in each successive unit of             time.          {Variable velocity}, velocity in which the space described             varies from instant, either increasing or decreasing; --             in the former case called accelerated velocity, in the             latter, retarded velocity; the acceleration or retardation             itself being also either uniform or variable.          {Virtual velocity}. See under {Virtual}.          Note: In variable velocity, the velocity, strictly, at any                given instant, is the rate of motion at that instant,                and is expressed by the units of space, which, if the                velocity at that instant were continued uniform during                a unit of time, would be described in the unit of time;                thus, the velocity of a falling body at a given instant                is the number of feet which, if the motion which the                body has at that instant were continued uniformly for                one second, it would pass through in the second. The                scientific sense of velocity differs from the popular                sense in being applied to all rates of motion, however                slow, while the latter implies more or less rapidity or                quickness of motion.          Syn: Swiftness; celerity; rapidity; fleetness; speed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtual \Vir"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. virtuel. See {Virtue}.]       1. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy             without the agency of the material or sensible part;             potential; energizing.                         Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without                      communication of substance.               --Bacon.                         Every kind that lives, Fomented by his virtual                      power, and warmed.                              --Milton.          2. Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual             presence of a man in his agent or substitute.                         A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the                      conditions necessary to its actual existence.                                                                               --Fleming.                         To mask by slight differences in the manners a                      virtual identity in the substance.      --De Quincey.          {Principle of virtual velocities} (Mech.), the law that when             several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of             their virtual moments is equal to zero.          {Virtual focus} (Opt.), the point from which rays, having             been rendered divergent by reflection of refraction,             appear to issue; the point at which converging rays would             meet if not reflected or refracted before they reach it.                      {Virtual image}. (Optics) See under {Image}.          {Virtual moment} (of a force) (Mech.), the product of the             intensity of the force multiplied by the virtual velocity             of its point of application; -- sometimes called {virtual             work}.          {Virtual velocity} (Mech.), a minute hypothetical             displacement, assumed in analysis to facilitate the             investigation of statical problems. With respect to any             given force of a number of forces holding a material             system in equilibrium, it is the projection, upon the             direction of the force, of a line joining its point of             application with a new position of that point indefinitely             near to the first, to which the point is conceived to have             been moved, without disturbing the equilibrium of the             system, or the connections of its parts with each other.             Strictly speaking, it is not a velocity but a length.          {Virtual work}. (Mech.) See {Virtual moment}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtuality \Vir`tu*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. virtualit[82].]       1. The quality or state of being virtual.          2. Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence. [Obs.]                         In one grain of corn, there lieth dormant a                      virtuality of many other.                  --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtually \Vir"tu*al*ly\, adv.       In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not       actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtueless \Vir"tue*less\, a.       Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities;       powerless.                   Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. --Fairfax.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Veradale, WA (CDP, FIPS 74725)       Location: 47.64945 N, 117.20752 W       Population (1990): 7836 (2724 housing units)       Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 99037
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Verdel, NE (village, FIPS 50335)       Location: 42.81148 N, 98.19294 W       Population (1990): 59 (37 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68760
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
virtual adj.   [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}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
virtual beer n.   Praise or thanks. Used universally in the    Linux community. Originally this term signified cash, after a famous    incident in which some some Britishers who wanted to buy Linus a    beer and sent him money to Finland to do so.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
virtual Friday n.   (also `logical Friday') The last day before    an extended weekend, if that day is not a `real' Friday.   For    example, the U.S. holiday Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday.   The    next day is often also a holiday or taken as an extra day off, in    which case Wednesday of that week is a virtual Friday (and Thursday    is a virtual Saturday, as is Friday).   There are also `virtual    Mondays' that are actually Tuesdays, after the three-day weekends    associated with many national holidays in the U.S.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
virtual reality n.   1. Computer simulations that use 3-D    graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to    interact with the simulation.   See {cyberspace}.   2. A form of    network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing games,    interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and `true confessions'    magazines.   In a virtual reality forum (such as Usenet's    alt.callahans newsgroup or the {MUD} experiments on Internet),    interaction between the participants is written like a shared novel    complete with scenery, `foreground characters' that may be personae    utterly unlike the people who write them, and common `background    characters' manipulable by all parties.   The one iron law is that    you may not write irreversible changes to a character without the    consent of the person who `owns' it.   Otherwise anything goes.   See    {bamf}, {cyberspace}, {teledildonics}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
virtual shredder n.   The jargonic equivalent of the {bit    bucket} at shops using IBM's VM/CMS operating system.   VM/CMS    officially supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers,    virtual printers, and other phantom devices; these are used to    supply some of the same capabilities Unix gets from pipes and I/O    redirection.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-11-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
virtual 86 mode          (Or "virtual mode" or "virtual 8086       mode") An operating mode provided by the {Intel 80386} and       later processors to allow {real mode} programs to run under       {operating system}s which use {protected mode}.   In this       sub-mode of protected mode, an operating environment is       created which mimics the address calculation in real mode.          In virtual 86 mode the segment {MMU} is practically turned off       and the {segment register}s exhibit the same behaviour as in       real mode.   The {page}d MMU, however, still operates.   This       means that the one megabyte {address space} of real mode can       be remapped in four kilobyte {page}s to anywhere in the 32 bit       {physical address} space.   Each page can be protected       separately from read or write accesses.          Virtual mode is handled on a per-task-basis, so each       {exception} (from protection violations or {interrupt}s)       switches the processor back into protected mode.   It is       therefore possible to have multiple tasks in virtual mode       which run {concurrent}ly under the control of an operating       system which runs in protected mode.          Most operating system services in {MS-DOS} systems are called       by {software interrupt}s, which are a kind of exception.   If       an MS-DOS application runs in virtual mode under the control       of a protected mode operating system, each call to MS-DOS       causes a switch to protected mode.   The operating system       emulates the MS-DOS service and switches back to the       application in virtual mode.   From the viewpoint of the       application nothing differs from real mode.          {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows NT}, and {OS/2} use this feature       to implement "DOS-boxes" in which both MS-DOS and real mode       {application program}s can run.
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virtual address          1. A memory location accessed by an       {application program} in a system with {virtual memory} such       that intervening hardware and/or software maps the virtual       address to real ({physical}) memory.   During the course of       execution of an application, the same virtual address may be       mapped to many different {physical addresses} as data and       programs are {paged out} and {paged in} to other locations.          2. In {IBM}'s {VM} {operating system}, {Virtual Device       Location}.          (2001-01-02)
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virtual cache          A {cache} which uses {virtual address}, i.e. it is between the       processor and the {memory management unit}.   A virtual cache       cannot recognise external access to physical address, e.g. from       {DMA}.   The whole cache must be flushed when swapping between       tasks which share same virtual {address space}.          (1994-11-30)
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virtual circuit          A {connection-oriented} {network} service which       is implemented on top of a network which may be either       connection-oriented or {connectionless} ({packet switching}).          The term "switched virtual circuit" was coined needlessly to       distinguish an ordinary virtual circuit from a {permanent       virtual circuit}.   (One of the perpetrators of this confusion       appears to be ["Networking Essentials", 1996, Microsoft Press,       ISBN 1-55615-806-8], a book aimed at people preparing for the       {MCSE} exam on {LANs} and {WANs}).          Not to be confused with {switched virtual connection}.          (2001-10-26)
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Virtual Circuit Identifier          (VCID) An identifier used for the {routing} of a       {virtual circuit}.   An {ATM} {switch} may route according to a       Virtual Circuit Identifier, a {Virtual Path Identifier}, or a       combination.          (2001-05-16)
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virtual connection          1. (VC) A connection or a path through an {ATM}       network.   The word "{virtual}" indicates that the connection       is {logical} rather than {physical}.          Nothing to do with a {virtual circuit} on a {packet switching}       network.          [Fred Halsall, "Data Communications, Computer Networks and       Open Systems", 1996, Addison Wesley].          2. A communications link that appears to be a direct       connection between sender and receiver, although physically       the link can be routed through a more circuitous path, running       over {virtual circuits} instead of a private network built       primarily with {dedicated lines}.          A virtual connection can provide full-time connection among       many sites, including those configured for {SNA}/{SDLC}       {protocol}.   A virtual connection can handle any transmission       protocol and is supported worldwide.   It can provide high       throughput and low delay for {LAN} and {Internet}       applications, peer-to-peer connectivity, client-server       computing, and other distributed processing applications.          [Same as {virtual circuit}?]          (2001-10-26)
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Virtual Control Program Interface          (VCPI) An alternative, and incompatible method for doing the       same thing as {DOS Protected Mode Interface} (DPMI).          (1995-01-12)
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Virtual Device Driver          (VxD) A {device driver} under {Windows       3.x}/{Windows 95} running as part of the {kernel} and thus       having access to the memory of the kernel and all running       processes as well as raw access to the hardware.   VxD's       usually have the {filename extension} .386 under Windows 3.x       and .vxd under Windows 95.   VxD's written for Windows 3.x can       be used under Windows 95 but not vice versa.          (1997-02-27)
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Virtual Device Location          (Or "Virtual Address") The address of a device (e.g. disk,       printer, terminal) belonging to a "guest" {operating system}.       Such an address is mapped to a physical device.   VM may remap       several virtual disks to different parts of a single physical       disk.          (1995-02-22)
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virtual disk          {RAM disk}
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Virtual Home Environment          (VHE) A tool for using {NFS} on {HP UX}.          (1994-12-07)
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virtual host          Most computers on the {Internet} have a single       {Internet address}; however, often via special {kernel}       patches, a given computer can be made to respond to several       {IP} addresses and provide different {services} (typically       different {Web} services) on each.   Each of these different IP       addresess (which generally each have their own {hostname}) act       as if they were distinct hosts on distinct machines, even       though they are actually all one host.   Hence, they are       {virtual} hosts.   A common use is when an {Internet Service       Provider} "hosts" {World-Wide Web} or other services for       several of their customers on one computer but giving the       appearence that they are separate servers.          (1997-09-11)
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Virtual LAN          Software defined groups of {host} on a {local       area network} (LAN) that communicate as if they were on the       same wire, even though they are physically on different {LAN       segment}s throughout a site.   To define a virtual LAN, the       {network administrator} uses a virtual LAN management utility       to establish membersip rules that determine which hostss are       in a specific virtual LAN.   Many models may exist but two seem       to dominate:          (1) Vitual Segment (or Port-Group) Virtual LAN.   These are       switched at the {data link layer} ({OSI} layer 2).   Virtual       segments turn an arbitrary number of physical segments into a       single virtual segment that funtions as a self-contained       traffic domain.          (2) Virtual Subnet Virtual LAN: These are switched at the       {Network Layer} ({OSI} layer 3).   Subnet-oriented virtual LANs       are based on {subnet address}es used by {IP}, {IPX}, and other       {network layer} {protocol}s to normally identify physical       networks.   Administrators assign one subnet address to a       number of switch {port}s (which may be on different switches       and over a backbone).   Once identified as a virtual subnet,       the selected LANs function as a {bridge group} - traffic is       bridged at Layer 2 within the virtual subnet and routed at       Layer 3 between virtual subnets.          ["The many faces of virtual LANs", Steven King, Network       World, 1994/5?].          (1995-04-03)
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Virtual Loadable Module          (VLM) {Novell}'s term for software modules that       can be dynamically loaded to extend the functionality of the       "VLM" {NetWare Requester} for {MS-DOS} that became standard       beginning with {Novell NetWare} 4.          (1995-01-11)
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Virtual Local Area Network          (VLAN) A logical grouping of two or more {nodes}       which are not necessarily on the same physical {network       segment} but which share the same {IP} {network number}.   This       is often associated with {switched Ethernet}.          IEEE 802.1Q is a VLAN standard.          [Confirm?   Better description?   Reference?]          (2002-08-30)
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virtual machine          1. An {abstract machine} for which an {interpreter} exists.       Virtual machines are often used in the implementation of       portable executors for {high-level languages}.   The HLL is       compiled into code for the virtual machine (an {intermediate       language}) which is then executed by an {interpreter} written       in {assembly language} or some other portable language like       {C}.          Examples are {Core War}, {Java Virtual Machine}, {OCODE},       {OS/2}, {POPLOG}, {Portable Scheme Interpreter}, {Portable       Standard Lisp}, {Parallel Virtual Machine}, {Sequential Parlog       Machine}, {SNOBOL Implementation Language}, {SODA},       {Smalltalk}.          2. A software emulation of a physical computing environment.          The term gave rise to the name of {IBM}'s {VM} {operating       system} whose task is to provide one or more simultaneous       execution environments in which operating systems or other       programs may execute as though they were running "on the bare       iron", that is, without an eveloping Control Program.   A major       use of VM is the running of both outdated and current versions       of the same operating system on a single {CPU} complex for the       purpose of system migration, thereby obviating the need for a       second processor.          (2002-04-15)
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Virtual Machine          (VM) An {IBM} pseudo-{operating system}       {hypervisor} running on {IBM 370}, {ESA} and {IBM 390}       architecture computers.          VM comprises CP ({Control Program}) and CMS ({Conversational       Monitor System}) providing Hypervisor and personal computing       environments respectively.   VM became most used in the early       1980s as a Hypervisor for multiple {DOS/VS} and {DOS/VSE}       systems and as IBM's internal operating system of choice.   It       declined rapidly following widespread adoption of the {IBM PC}       and hardware partitioning in {microcode} on IBM {mainframes}       after the {IBM 3090}.          VM has been known as VM/SP (System Product, the successor to       {CP/67}), VM/XA, and currently as VM/ESA (Enterprise Systems       Architecture).   VM/ESA is still in used in 1999, featuring a       {web} interface, {Java}, and {DB2}.   It is still a major IBM       operating system.          {Home (http://vmdev.gpl.ibm.com/)}.          ["History of VM"(?), Melinda Varian, Princeton University].          (1999-10-31)
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virtual machine          1. An {abstract machine} for which an {interpreter} exists.       Virtual machines are often used in the implementation of       portable executors for {high-level languages}.   The HLL is       compiled into code for the virtual machine (an {intermediate       language}) which is then executed by an {interpreter} written       in {assembly language} or some other portable language like       {C}.          Examples are {Core War}, {Java Virtual Machine}, {OCODE},       {OS/2}, {POPLOG}, {Portable Scheme Interpreter}, {Portable       Standard Lisp}, {Parallel Virtual Machine}, {Sequential Parlog       Machine}, {SNOBOL Implementation Language}, {SODA},       {Smalltalk}.          2. A software emulation of a physical computing environment.          The term gave rise to the name of {IBM}'s {VM} {operating       system} whose task is to provide one or more simultaneous       execution environments in which operating systems or other       programs may execute as though they were running "on the bare       iron", that is, without an eveloping Control Program.   A major       use of VM is the running of both outdated and current versions       of the same operating system on a single {CPU} complex for the       purpose of system migration, thereby obviating the need for a       second processor.          (2002-04-15)
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Virtual Machine          (VM) An {IBM} pseudo-{operating system}       {hypervisor} running on {IBM 370}, {ESA} and {IBM 390}       architecture computers.          VM comprises CP ({Control Program}) and CMS ({Conversational       Monitor System}) providing Hypervisor and personal computing       environments respectively.   VM became most used in the early       1980s as a Hypervisor for multiple {DOS/VS} and {DOS/VSE}       systems and as IBM's internal operating system of choice.   It       declined rapidly following widespread adoption of the {IBM PC}       and hardware partitioning in {microcode} on IBM {mainframes}       after the {IBM 3090}.          VM has been known as VM/SP (System Product, the successor to       {CP/67}), VM/XA, and currently as VM/ESA (Enterprise Systems       Architecture).   VM/ESA is still in used in 1999, featuring a       {web} interface, {Java}, and {DB2}.   It is still a major IBM       operating system.          {Home (http://vmdev.gpl.ibm.com/)}.          ["History of VM"(?), Melinda Varian, Princeton University].          (1999-10-31)
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Virtual Machine Environment          (VME) {ICL}'s {mainframe} {operating       system}.          (1995-06-28)
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Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System          (VM/CMS) An {IBM} {time-sharing} and       personal computing environment executing under {Virtual       Machine} (VM) in a virtual machine environment.   VM/CMS is       designed to support large numbers of {interactive} users.   It       relies on numerous {API}s into the {Control Program} (CP) to       provide very efficient single-user processing          VM/CMS was only adopted some time after the original design of       {Virtual Machine} as a more efficient personal computing       environment than {MVS/TSO}.          (1999-01-19)
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Virtual Machine/ESA          {Virtual Machine}
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Virtual Machine/System Product          {Virtual Machine}
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Virtual Machine/XA          {Virtual Machine}
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virtual memory          A system allowing a computer program to       behave as though the computer's memory was larger than the       actual {physical} {RAM}.   The excess is stored on {hard disk}       and copied to RAM as required.          Virtual memory is usually much larger than physical memory,       making it possible to run programs for which the total code       plus data size is greater than the amount of RAM available.       This is known as "{demand paged} virtual memory".   A page is       copied from disk to RAM ("paged in") when an attempt is made       to access it and it is not already present.   This paging is       performed automatically by collaboration between the {CPU},       the {memory management unit} (MMU), and the {operating system}       {kernel}.   The program is unaware of virtual memory, it just       sees a large {address space}, only part of which corresponds       to physical memory at any instant.          The virtual {address space} is divided into {pages}.   Each       {virtual address} output by the {CPU} is split into a       (virtual) {page} number (the most significant bits) and an       offset within the page (the N least significant bits).   Each       page thus contains 2^N {bytes} (or whatever the unit of       addressing is).   The offset is left unchanged and the {memory       management unit} (MMU) maps the virtual page number to a       {physical} page number.   This is recombined with the offset to       give a {physical address} - a location in {physical memory}       ({RAM}).          The performance of a program will depend dramatically on how       its memory access pattern interacts with the paging scheme.       If accesses exhibit a lot of {locality of reference},       i.e. each access tends to be close to previous accesses, the       performance will be better than if accesses are randomly       distributed over the program's {address space} thus requiring       more paging.          In a {multitasking} system, physical memory may contain pages       belonging to several programs.   Without {demand paging}, an OS       would need to allocate physical memory for the whole of every       active program and its data.   Such a system might still use an       {MMU} so that each program could be located at the same       {virtual address} and not require run-time relocation.   Thus       virtual addressing does not necessarily imply the existence of       virtual memory.   Similarly, a {multitasking} system might load       the whole program and its data into physical memory when it is       to be executed and copy it all out to disk when its       {timeslice} expired.   Such "swapping" does not imply virtual       memory and is less efficient than paging.          Some {application programs} implement virtual memory wholly in       software, by translating every virtual memory access into a       file access, but efficient virtual memory requires hardware       and operating system support.          (2002-11-26)
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Virtual Memory System          (VMS) {DEC}'s proprietary {operating       system} originally produced for its {VAX} {minicomputer}.          VMS V1 was released in August 1978.   VMS was renamed "OpenVMS"       around version 5.5.   The first version of VMS on {DEC Alpha}       was known as OpenVMS for AXP V1.0, and the correct way to       refer to the operating system now is OpenVMS for VAX or       OpenVMS for Alpha.   The renaming also signified the fact that       the {X/Open} consortium had certified OpenVMS as having a high       support for {POSIX} standards.          VMS is one of the most secure operating systems on the market       (making it popular in financial institutions).   It currently       (October 1997) has the best {clustering} capability (both       number and distance) and is very scalable with {binaries}       portable from small desktop {workstations} up to huge       {mainframes}.          Many {Unix} fans generously concede that VMS would probably be       the {hacker}'s favourite commercial OS if Unix didn't exist;       though true, this makes VMS fans furious.          {FAQ       (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/comp/os/vms/top.html)}.          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.os.vms}.          [How does its performance compare with other OSes?]          (1999-06-03)
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virtual path          The location of a file or directory on a       particular {server}, as seen by a remote {client} accessing it       via {World-Wide Web} (or similar distributed document       service).          A virtual path provides access to files outside the default       directory and subdirectories.   It appears in the form       ".../~name/..." where "~name" is replaced with actual path       configured by the administrator.   An {access control list} can       be associated with a virtual path.          (1995-04-13)
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virtual point of presence          (virtual PoP) A point, via which users can connect to an       {Internet access provider}, which is not operated by the       provider.   The user is charged by the telephone company for       the call to the virtual point of presence which relays his       call via some third party circuit to the Internet provider's       central location.   This is in contrast to a physical {point of       presence} (PoP) which is operated by the Internet provider       themselves.   The advantage of a virtual PoP is that the       provider can keep all their {modem}s in one location, thus       improving availability and maintenance, but users do not have       to pay long-distance call charges to that point.          (1994-12-13)
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virtual PoP          {virtual point of presence}
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Virtual Private Network          (VPN) The use of {encryption} in the       lower {protocol layers} to provide a secure connection through       an otherwise insecure network, typically the {Internet}.   VPNs       are generally cheaper than real private networks using private       lines but rely on having the same encryption system at both       ends.   The encryption may be performed by {firewall} software       or possibly by {routers}.          Link-level (layer 2 and 3) encryption provides extra       protection by encrypting all of each {datagram} except the       link-level information.   This prevents a listener from       obtaining information about network structure.   While       link-level encryption prevents traffic analysis (a form of       attack), it must encrypt/decrypt on every {hop} and every       path.          Protocol-level encryption (layer 3 and 4) encryption encrypts       protocol data but leaves protocol and link headers clear.       While protocol-level encryption requires you to       encrypt/decrypt data only once, and it encrypts/decrypts only       those sessions that need it, headers are sent as clear text,       allowing traffic analysis.          Application (layer 5 up) encryption is based on a particular       application and requires that the application be modified to       incorporate encryption.          {Cisco       (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat5000/cnfg_nts/rsm/rsm_pa/4801encr.htm)}.          (1999-11-15)
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virtual reality          (VR)          1. Computer simulations that use 3D graphics and       devices such as the {data glove} to allow the user to interact       with the simulation.          2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects       of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational       comedy, and "true confessions" magazines.   In a virtual       reality forum (such as {Usenet}'s {news:alt.callahans}       newsgroup or the {MUD} experiments on {Internet} and       elsewhere), interaction between the participants is written       like a shared novel complete with scenery, "foreground       characters" that may be personae utterly unlike the people who       write them, and common "background characters" manipulable by       all parties.   The one iron law is that you may not write       irreversible changes to a character without the consent of the       person who "owns" it, otherwise, anything goes.          See {bamf}, {cyberspace}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-01-30)
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Virtual Reality Modeling Language          (VRML) A draft specification for       the design and implementation of a {platform}-independent       language for {virtual reality} scene description.          VRML 1.0 was released on 1995-05-26.          {Home (http://www.vrml.org/)}.          {Wired (http://vrml.wired.com/)}.          {Hypermail Archive (http://vrml.wired.com/arch/)}.          Mailing list: (message body: "subscribe       www-vrml your-email-address").          (1995-07-20)
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Virtual Sequential Access Method          {Virtual Storage Access Method}
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virtual server          A configuration of a {World-Wide Web}       {server} that appears to {clients} as an independent server       but which is actually running on a computer that is shared by       any number of other virtual servers.   Each virtual server can       be configured as an independent {web site}, with its own       {hostname}, content, and security settings.          {DNS} maps the hostnames of all virtual servers on one       physical server to its {IP address}.   The web server software       then uses the "Host" header in the {HTTP} request to determine       which virtual server the request was for, and then processes       the request using that virtual server's configuration.          Virtual servers allow {Internet Service Providers} to share       one computer between multiple {web sites} while allowing the       owner of each web site to use and administer the server as       though they had complete control.          (2003-06-23)
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virtual shredder          The jargon equivalent of the {bit bucket} at shops using       {IBM}'s {VM/CMS} {operating system}.   VM/CMS officially       supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers, virtual       printers, and other phantom devices; these are used to supply       some of the same capabilities {Unix} gets from {pipe}s and       {I/O redirection}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-01-30)
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Virtual Software Factory          (VSF) A product from {Systematica} which       allows users to develop {CASE} tools appropriate to any       software engineering methodology.          (1997-06-09)
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Virtual Storage Access Method          (VSAM) An {IBM} disk file storage scheme first used       in {S/370} and virtual storage.   VSAM comprises three access       methods: {Keyed Sequenced Data Set} (KSDS), {Relative Record       Data Set} (RRDS), and {Entry Sequenced Data Set} (ESDS).          Both {IMS/DB} and {DB2} are implemented on top of VSAM and use       its underlying data structures.          ["Storage" or "Sequential"?]          (2002-07-26)
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Virtual Storage Extended          (VSE, formerly DOS/VSE) is a       {multitasking}, {IBM 370}-architected {operating system}       similar to {Multiple Virtual Storage} (MVS).          VSE run jobs in {partitions} rather than {address spaces}, and       uses {POWER} for input/output rather than {JES}, but is       largely similar to MVS.   Subsequent VSE/{ESA} releases gave       VSE the {XA-370} channel architecture, 31-bit virtual and real       storage support, and data spaces.   VSE is the {IBM} operating       system on one-third of installed {IBM 4381}s and a significant       proportion of {IBM 9370}s as well.   It offers {transaction       processing} and {batch processing} capabilities well beyond       {Virtual Machine}'s current capabilities, and has a close       affinity with MVS.          (1997-06-09)
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Virtual Telecommunications Access Method          (VTAM) A data communications access method compatible with       {IBM}'s {Systems Network Architecture}.          [More detail?]          (1995-01-30)