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Virtual vs Cyberclassroom - What's the difference?

virtual | cyberclassroom |

As nouns the difference between virtual and cyberclassroom

is that virtual is (computing) in c++, a virtual member function of a class while cyberclassroom is the virtual classroom in which cyberteaching is imagined to take place.

As an adjective virtual

is in effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.

virtual

English

(wikipedia virtual)

Alternative forms

* vertual (obsolete) * vertuall (qualifier) * virtuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
    • 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.
  • * Fleming
    • A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the conditions necessary to its actual existence.
  • * De Quincey
    • to mask by slight differences in the manners a virtual identity in the substance
  • Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without communication of substance.
  • * Milton
    • Every kind that lives, / Fomented by his virtual power, and warmed.
  • Nearly, almost. (A relatively recent corruption of meaning, attributed to misuse in advertising and media. )
    • The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.
  • * 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
    • 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.
  • Simulated in a computer or online.
    • The virtual world of his computer game allowed character interaction.
  • Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present.
    • a virtual''' assistant; a '''virtual personal trainer
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * de facto

    Antonyms

    * de jure * legal * real

    Derived terms

    * virtual reality * virtually

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) In C++, a virtual member function of a class.
    • ----

    cyberclassroom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The virtual classroom in which cyberteaching is imagined to take place.
  • * 1996 , Chuck Davis, The Greater Vancouver book
    • ...more than 125 researchers at 28 universities and other organizations established to convert the information highway into a global cyberclassroom .
  • * 2000 , Eric B Gorham, The theater of politics
    • Finally, and by means of contrast, new forms of education, such as cyberclassrooms , distance education...
  • * 2001 , Barry Alford, Keith Kroll, The politics of writing in the two-year college
    • In cyberclassrooms , how do you know when a student's hand is raised?
  • * 2002 , Wilbert James McKeachie, Stephen F Davis, Charles L Brewer, William Buskist, The teaching of psychology
    • ...taking responsibility for moving the learning process forward promotes community in the cyberclassroom .
  • * 2007 , Philip G Altbach, Tradition and Transition: The International Imperative in Higher Education
    • Are professors entitled to academic freedom in the cyberclassroom ?