virtual的词源

英文词源

virtual (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c., "influencing by physical virtues or capabilities, effective with respect to inherent natural qualities," from Medieval Latin virtualis, from Latin virtus "excellence, potency, efficacy," literally "manliness, manhood" (see virtue). The meaning "being something in essence or effect, though not actually or in fact" is from mid-15c., probably via sense of "capable of producing a certain effect" (early 15c.). Computer sense of "not physically existing but made to appear by software" is attested from 1959.

中文词源

virtual:实质上的,虚拟的

来自virtue,男人的品行,品质,原义为男人的,男人应有的品行和美德,后引申词义看不见但却实质存在的品行,类似于汉语“气场”,后用于计算机术语虚拟的。

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virtual:实质上的,虚拟的

来自 virtue,男人的品行,品质,原义为男人的,男人应有的品行和美德,后引申词义看不见 但却实质存在的品行,类似于汉语“气场”,后用于计算机术语虚拟的。