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Moreover, they argue that the disruptive process of logging releases even more carbon stored in the forest peat, threatening to set off what they describe as a virtual "carbon bomb" - the estimated 186 billion tons of carbon stored in Canada's forests, which is equivalent to 27 years worth of global carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.

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  1. adjective Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name: the virtual extinction of the buffalo.
  2. adjective Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text.
  3. adjective Computer Science Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network: virtual conversations in a chatroom.
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  • Moreover, they argue that the disruptive process of logging releases even more carbon stored in the forest peat, threatening to set off what they describe as a virtual "carbon bomb" - the estimated 186 billion tons of carbon stored in Canada's forests, which is equivalent to 27 years worth of global carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. —  GREENIE WATCH
  • Multiple network names are typically supported on corporate-oriented equipment; this is known as a virtual SSID (service set identifier), the technical name for a Wi-Fi's broadcast network identity. —  TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us
  • The term virtual core means the Parallels hypervisor sees each HyperThread inside each quad-core Nehalem EP as a virtual core: each core in the high-end Xeon —  The Register
  • The Republicans gave us sociological pornography … a virtual ** snuff film**. —  Crooks and Liars
  • Long term virtual secretarial and general admin support tasks for less than $0.4 / hour —  GetAFreelancer.com New Projects
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  1. Middle English virtuall, effective, from Medieval Latin virtuālis, from Latin virtūs, excellence; see virtue.

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  1. = French virtuel = Spanish Portuguese virtual = It virtuale, from Middle Latin virtualis (Duns Scotus), from Latin virtus, strength, virtue: see virtue.
 

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