Virtual community (disambiguation)
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A virtual community is an online social network.
It may also refer to:
- Online community, whose members interact with each other primarily via the Internet
- Virtual community of practice, a community of practice that is maintained online
- The Virtual Community, a 1993 book by Howard Rheingold
- Virtual business, which employs electronic means to transact business
- Virtual reality, a simulated experience
- Virtual scientific community, a group of scientists who share resources over the internet
- Virtual team, individuals who work together from different geographic locations
- Virtual world, a computer-simulated environment
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