Simulation

noun

,sɪmjə'leɪʃən

Noun

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
“a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated”
Type of:ModelTechniqueFramework
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
Similar:Model
Type of:Representation
the act of giving a false appearance
Similar:FeigningPretencePretendingPretense
Type of:DissimulationDeceitDeception
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
Type of:ModellingModelingModel