being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted as such
Although called Consul, he was a virtual dictator
I looked on that as a virtual promise
in computing, relating to a storage capacity that appears greater to the user than the physical amount available as a result of the rapid movement of data between different storage areas
relating to a technique by which a person wearing a special headset, and using articles such as specially equipped gloves or a joystick, has the illusion of being in a computer-simulated environment and is able to interact with it: compare virtual reality
operating or linked by means of computer links to the Internet
said of an image, etc: formed by the apparent rather than the actual convergence of light rays at a point: compare real1
in physics, of a particle that is considered to exist for a very brief time in an interaction between other particles