Timeline for Using "logical" as an adjective to mean "abstracted"
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| Jan 23, 2017 at 15:20 | vote | accept | lewistg | ||
| Jan 11, 2017 at 2:43 | comment | added | choster | @michael.hor257k The main point is that logical refers to the abstraction or concept that maps to something physical. The distinction between logical and physical is made throughout electronics and in computer science— people of a certain age may remember partitioning one physical hard drive into logical C and D drives. Nowadays, we have enough computing power for abstractions of abstractions (virtualizations), and thus the more marketing-friendly term virtual may be more familiar to the end user. | |
| Jan 11, 2017 at 0:36 | comment | added | Michael Lorton | @michael.hor257k -- language is a coded social history. Look at the etymology of handicapped, sex, or schist for examples. The dawn of electronics is not "very far" in the past. | |
| Jan 10, 2017 at 23:44 | comment | added | michael.hor257k | The context here is animations - that's very far from "the early days of discrete circuitry." | |
| Jan 10, 2017 at 23:25 | history | answered | Michael Lorton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |