Remote vs Virtual - What's the difference?
remote | virtual |
At a distance; disconnected.
Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
Unlikely.
Emotionally detached.
Short for remote control.
(broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
(computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
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In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
* Fleming
* De Quincey
Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
Nearly, almost. (A relatively recent corruption of meaning, attributed to misuse in advertising and media. )
* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
Simulated in a computer or online.
Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present.
(computing, object-oriented programming, of a class member) Capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
(physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
In computing terms the difference between remote and virtual
is that remote is to connect to a computer from a remote location while virtual is in C++, a virtual member function of a class.As a verb remote
is to connect to a computer from a remote location.remote
English
Adjective
(er)- A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
- After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.
- There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.
- After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
Synonyms
* (at a distance ): disconnected, hands-free, wireless * (distant or otherwise inaccessible ): far, hidden, outlying * (unlikely ): abysmal, faint, improbable, poor * (emotionally detached ): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawnAntonyms
* (at a distance ): attached, connected, contiguous, direct * (distant or otherwise inaccessible ): close, near, proximate * (unlikely ): likely, probable, reasonable, sure * (emotionally detached ): companionable, intimate, involved, passionateDerived terms
* remote control * remoteness * remote surgeryNoun
(en noun)- I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote .
Synonyms
* (remote control) clickerVerb
(remot)External links
* * *Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia virtual)Alternative forms
* vertual (obsolete) * vertuall (qualifier) * virtuall (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- In fact a defeat on the battlefield, Tet was a virtual victory for the North, owing to its effect on public opinion.
- Virtual addressing allows applications to believe that there is much more physical memory than actually exists.
- A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the conditions necessary to its actual existence.
- to mask by slight differences in the manners a virtual identity in the substance
- Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without communication of substance.
- Every kind that lives, / Fomented by his virtual power, and warmed.
- The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.
- The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.
- The virtual world of his computer game allowed character interaction.
- a virtual''' assistant; a '''virtual personal trainer