Digital Twin

Definitions

1. 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. Enables testing 'what if' scenarios without affecting the physical system. Used in manufacturing (predictive maintenance), urban planning (traffic simulation), and healthcare (personalized treatment modeling).

   In plain English: A virtual copy of a real-world system that mirrors it in real-time, used for simulation and prediction.

   Example: "The digital twin of the factory floor predicted the conveyor belt failure 3 days before it happened -- we did maintenance during a scheduled downtime."

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