Hypernym

noun

a practical method or art applied to some particular task

noun

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

noun

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

computer simulation 1

noundomain: thinking

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program

Examples

1.a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

noun

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

noun

the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process

noun

(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one

noun

(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one

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