Simulation Glossary

Browse 8 simulation terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

8 Simulation Terms

AI Simulation: The use of AI within a simulated environment, or the use of simulation to test AI behavior before real deployment. AI simulations are common in robotics,...
Cyber Range: Cyber Range is a controlled environment for realistic security training, attack simulation, and defensive exercises. Security teams use it to enforce trust,...
Digital Twin: A virtual replica of a physical system (factory, vehicle, building, human organ) that receives real-time data from sensors and simulates the system's behavior....
Mock Attack: A simulated attack scenario used for training, tabletop exercises, or controlled validation of detection and response capabilities without the full risk of a...
Physics Body: A component attached to a game object that gives it physical properties — mass, velocity, friction, and collision shape — so the physics engine can simulate...
Physics Engine: Physics Engine is a software library that simulates physical systems and interactions, calculating how objects move, collide, deform, and respond to forces in...
Simulink: A block-diagram-based graphical programming environment built on MATLAB for modeling, simulating, and analyzing multi-domain dynamic systems, widely used in...
Think Time: The simulated pause between consecutive actions in a load test that models real user behavior — the time a person spends reading a page, filling in a form, or...