dématerialisation

English translation: its virtual nature

15:02 Jun 24, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce
French term or phrase: dématerialisation
This is to do with that fact that more and more people are feeling part of a community via interned-based tribes e.g. facebook. So they feel a part of something despite it only being on the internet:
"malgré la dématerialisation"... people still feel connected.
Any ideas? Thanks v much!
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English translation:its virtual nature
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3 +2its virtual nature
polyglot45
4 +1dematerialization
basil2912
3 +2non-physicality
MatthewLaSon
3the virtual (realisty) aspect
ormiston


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its virtual nature


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depending on sentence structure

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agree  ormiston: we are obviously (virtually!) thiniking along the same lines!
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agree  SMcG (X): Yes, something along those lines: its virtual nature / its inherent virtual nature etc.
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the virtual (realisty) aspect


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although more often used administratively to mean online vs. using paper (for tax returns, etc.) I do agree with Matthew but wonder if here the emphasis should not be on the virtual aspect vs. physical bodily presence

Virtual Worlds on facebook? – Virtual Worlds Research Project - [ Traduire cette page ]27 Jan 2010 ... Thus my question remains: are these facebook apps virtual worlds? ... is a very subjective aspect for the definitions of virtual worlds that ...
worlds.ruc.dk/archives/1946 - En cache - Pages



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dematerialization


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Dematerialization - loosing the material characteristic; to deprive of or lose material character - not sure if the term is used in common English

basil2912
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agree  rkillings: Not exactly common, but could well be apt.
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"dématerialisation"
non-physicality


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Cyberspace's non-physicality and non-locality utterly changes the roots of hip-hop, and although the hip-hop internet community does maintain quasi-rules ...
legacy.lclark.edu/~soan314/hh-space.html

The non-physicality of Cyberspace allows Internet users to choose to adopt a ...... to inhibit access to undesirable websites is a community/design hybrid. ...
www.jstor.org/stable/1097592

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In other words, it's not an actual physical place.

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b) of phenomena that take place or are expressed in cyber space; ... a) is already implying the mind is virtual because of its non-physicality. ...
terlingo.net/theory/views.htm

The non-physicality of Cyberspace allows Internet users to choose to adopt a different persona from their real-world personality (pseudonymity) or to hide ...
www.jstor.org/stable/1097592

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You could say "virtual nature" as well. Both are fine, imho.

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Cyberspace" is a term for the non-physical "world" created by computers. - We travel through it and navigate with just a keyboard and mouse ...
www.butterscotch.com/tutorial/What-Is-Cyberspace -



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) A metaphor for describing the non-physical terrain created by computer systems. Online systems, for example, create a cyberspace within ...
www.webopedia.com/cyberspace.html

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William Gibson's Cyberspace or Vernor Vinge's Singularity. ..... physical nature of the “real” world and the non-physicality of virtual reality has been ...
spacecollective.org/rene/page2

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Perhaps you could also say "immateriality" or "intangible nature".

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I propose that the non-physicality of the Internet, the diversity of interests of web users, the anonymity allowed on the web, the ambiguity of identity, ...
digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/535/

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http://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/535/

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agree  Imanol
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agree  Claire Nolan
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