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