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That's a curious use of an already established term, "Digital Twin"[0]. A digital twin is a virtual model designed to accurately reflect a physical object.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_twin



you are a bit late to the party.. this has been in motion for at least three years, see various standards efforts.


Link me? I'm not sure what you're referencing. For what it's worth, the concept and model of the digital twin that I referenced was first publicly introduced in 2002 by Michael Grieves, at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan.




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