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simulation [n]

1)	(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

Synonyms :

computer_simulation

2)	the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

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model war_game

3)	representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

Synonyms :

model

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representation mock_up model model figure globe mock-up planetarium restoration roughcast

4)	the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

Synonyms :

feigning pretence pretending pretense

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deceit assume affect appearance make-believe affectation masquerade

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This can be done by physical modelling, by writing a special-purpose computer program or using a more general simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow). Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist, e.g. Simula.

See also emulation, Markov chain.

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.simulation.

(1995-02-23)

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