COMPUTER SIMULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer simulation mean? 

• COMPUTER SIMULATION (noun)
  The noun COMPUTER SIMULATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COMPUTER SIMULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER SIMULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

computer simulation; simulation

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("computer simulation" is a kind of...):

technique (a practical method or art applied to some particular task)

framework; model; theoretical account (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)

Domain category:

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

Domain member category:

time-scale factor (the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process)

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

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

 Context examples 

To identify more suitable compounds, the team developed a computer simulation method to screen almost half a million chemical compounds in search of structures that might interact with the receptor.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

The computer simulation of chemical structures or processes; allows for the exploration, visualization, and manipulation of molecular structures and properties.

(Molecular Modeling, NCI Thesaurus)

To test this theory, the group created a computer simulation of the honeybees and their cluster and then gave those on the outer surface the ability to feel stress and to react to it by moving to a position of higher stress.

(Bees Help Researchers Confirm Theory about Maintaining Protective Clumps under Tough Conditions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Now, for the first time, a computer simulation — so detailed it took a full year to run — shows how spicules form, helping scientists understand how spicules can break free of the sun’s surface and surge upward so quickly.

(Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules, NASA)