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Simulation vs Holodeck - What's the difference?

simulation | holodeck |

As nouns the difference between simulation and holodeck

is that simulation is simulation while holodeck is (science fiction) a room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.

simulation

English

(wikipedia simulation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.''
    • This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
    The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.
  • The process of simulating.
    • Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.
  • Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
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  • (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.
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    • Derived terms

    * computer simulation

    Related terms

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    holodeck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
  • * 1999 , Annette Kuhn, Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science-fiction Cinema
    • ...the fact that science-fiction film, and indeed much — if not most — contemporary film, has become a technology on the way to somewhere else , whether that goal turns out to be immersive, interactive, or some holodeck -style fusion of the two.
  • * 2002 , Kay M Stanney, Handbook of virtual environments
    • Building a holodeck will require breakthroughs in sensors, robotics, and mechanical interfaces...
  • * 2007 , Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, Nanoethics
    • In such a world, would one want to be hooked up to a pleasure machine or live on a holodeck ?