The term application virtualization [5] (process virtual machine) refers to products such as the JAVA virtual machine, as a result JAVA applications can be run on different operating systems (write once, run anywhere).
Virtual reality refers to the creation of an entire alternate reality using the computer, then immersing your eyeballs in it.
Virtual screening refers to the use of a computer-based method to process compounds from a library or database of compounds in order to identify and select the ones that are likely to possess a desired biological activity, such as the ability to inhibit the action of a particular therapeutic target.
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab who connect real-life objects with copies in Second Life, a virtual world, refer to the result as "cross reality".
He calls such trade "virtual water", referring to the water consumed to produce food.Desalination to provide water for agriculture is almost always economically inefficient because the process consumes so much energy.
An article on Wednesday about the refusal by Ireland's prime minister, Enda Kenny, to officially apologize to survivors of a Roman Catholic workhouse system that kept generations of young Irish women and girls in virtual slavery referred incorrectly to Mary Magdalene.
Subdomains are surrounded by a layer of virtual nodes referred to as ghost nodes.
More recently The Information reported that the company is working on its own virtual assistant, referred to internally as "Moneypenny".
Digitally mobile lifestyles and virtual workplaces refer to new models of work, flexi-programs, and schedules, which are usually perceived as a benefit for women with children and associated with low commitment.
"They are also planning to go into retail stores with a virtual help desk to enhance the shopping experience," a source tells us, who described the bigger project as "Google's virtual Genius Bar," referring to the Apple Retail in-store operation where Apple employees, lined up behind a bar, offer in-person technical support on Apple devices.
