virtual network

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virtual
adjective
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/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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network
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnet.wɜːk/us
/ˈnet.wɝːk/
a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts, or between the parts and a ...
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The right to information must not be subject to licence in the lifelong learning society, while distance learning andvirtualnetworkservices are becoming ever more common.
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In the same school of thought, avirtualnetworkinterface protected across process boundaries could be accessed at the user level.
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It was the first telephone company to offer avirtualnetworkservice to corporations and the first to offer codec-based videoconferencing services.
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It functions as a mobilevirtualnetworkoperator (using m:tel).
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For mobilevirtualnetworkoperators, the network quality depends entirely on the host network for the particular handset in question.
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The web server is configured with multiple physical network interfaces, orvirtualnetworkinterfaces on the same physical interface.
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When no integration component is installed, the only mean of communicating between two machines (either virtual or physical) is through avirtualnetworkinterface.
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It functions as a mobilevirtualnetworkoperator.
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The same logical system was used to communicate between programs running on a single transputer, implemented asvirtualnetworklinks in memory.
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This type of online marketplace is also referred to as crowdsourcing - using avirtualnetworkto outsource work.
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All 1650 photographs lent for the project are also accessible on a sophisticated interactive map of the town avirtualnetworkof streets and photographs.
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Sainsbury's original mobilevirtualnetworkwas launched in 2001 but only lived until 2003.
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It is avirtualnetworkwhere public servants can connect with other public servants with similar interests, or with skills that will help them be more productive in their work.
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By contrast, a virtual firewall operating in hypervisor-mode is not actually part of thevirtualnetwork at all, and as such has no physical-world device analog.
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The platform lets users combine softwarevirtualnetworkmodels with live networks, network elements and networked applications to understand how diverse networks will perform under real-world variable conditions.
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Bridged networking via a host network adapter or virtual networks between guests can also be configured.
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Using this technology, a system administrator can configure systems physically attached to the same local network into separate virtual networks.
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These networks are capable of spawning distinct "child" virtual networks with their own transport, control, and management systems.
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Calhoun (1991) presents a dystopia argument, asserting the impersonality of virtual networks.
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Human-technical relationships reached past the physical world and human beings were able to experiment with constructing identity in global virtual networks that were separate from real world settings.
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