Contained and Virtual

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Contained adjective - Gotten under control.

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Virtual and contained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virtual" instead an adjective "Contained".

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

Virtual adjective - Being actually such in almost every respect.

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Contained and virtual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contained" instead an adjective "Virtual".

Nearby Words: virtually, virtu

Lotus-Eater Machine: The world created by CAL is virtual reality contained within a gigantic hardrive.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S30 E9 "Forest of the Dead"
Although the late '90s had a string of sci-fi movies that dealt with the Platonic Cave idea and virtual reality, eXistenZ (which also contained aspects of Bio Punk) was perhaps the only one to present the virtual reality as a good thing.

Source: Post-Cyberpunk
In the episode "Forest of the Dead", a death has him save the remains of his future companion's Data Ghost by uploading it into a virtual reality contained within a giant hard drive.

Source: No Transhumanism Allowed

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