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Old 02-04-10, 09:56 AM   #13
brandtryan
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Default Webster's definition of "Simulation"

From Websters: (Italics mine)

sim⋅u⋅la⋅tion  /ˌsɪmyəˈleɪʃən/ [sim-yuh-ley-shuhn]
–noun

1.imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.

2.the act or process of pretending; feigning.

3.an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form; counterfeit; sham. brutal!

4.Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective. I like this one, hehe, as in when I faked a fever to get out of going to school

5.the representation of the behavior or characteristics of one system through the use of another system, esp. a computer program designed for the purpose. most relevant, I suppose.
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