English Dictionary
◊ SITUATION
situation
n 1: the general state of things; the combination of
circumstances at a given time; "the present
international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how
such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths
will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh
meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin
D.Roosevelt [syn: {state of affairs}]
2: a condition or position in which you find yourself: "the
unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose
between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate
situation" [syn: {position}]
3: physical position in relation to the surroundings [syn: {site}]
4: a job in an organization or hierarchy; "he ocupied a post in
the treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {slot}, {office},
{spot}, {place}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN SIMULATION?
simulation
Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system
by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This
can be done by physical modelling, by writing a
special-purpose computer program or using a more general
simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind
of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow).
Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic
circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist,
e.g. {Simula}.
See also {emulation}, {Markov chain}.
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.simulation}.
(1995-02-23)
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