German: abbilden lassenEnglish translation: simulate 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | abbilden lassen | | English translation: | simulate | | Entered by: | milinad |
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Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) | | German term or phrase: abbilden lassen | I'm confused by the meaning of 'abbilden lassen' in the context below. I have a number of ways of translating it: as copy, represent, map, simulate?
CONTEXT: "Der neueste Trend der Virtualisierung ermöglicht virtuelle Maschinen, die sich als Definition einer physikalischen Maschine wie ein vollständiges, autonomes Computersystem in einer Softwareschicht abbilden lassen."
Any suggestions? Mac. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseKcda: 3:10pm May 29, 2007: A virtuall machine that can "pretend" to exist as a complete autonomous computer system within a software layer. I think your suggestion of represent or simulate is correct. I would consider using simulating!?
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| | simulate | Explanation:
Your suggestion of simulating is correct. virtualization means simulating the functionality of something physical |
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 milinad
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| Note from asker to answererThank you, milinad and to everyone else who provided suggestions. This sentence was testing me! I appreciate all your help. :-)
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| to be modelled
Explanation:
allow themselves to be modelled;
can be modelled;
to model
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