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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 23:46:35 -0700
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Sender: "Suzanne M. Johnson" Subject: Origin of "Virtual"

Regarding the request from Sally Bates on origin of "Virtual Community"..

Back in the early 70's when Tenex became one of the first virtual memory
operating systems, I can recall seeing and hearing "virtual" appended to
many nouns.

I suggest perhaps looking at the works of Christopher Evans (The Mighty
Micro, The Micro Millenium) and/or Jacques Vallee (The Network Revolution).
(Evans is early 70's, Vallee 70's and early 80's.)
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