A virtual value that is not stored in the DB. This could for example be useful if you want to provide a default value in your model that is returned to the user but not stored in the DB.
You could also use it to validate a value before permuting and storing it. Checking password length before hashing it for example:
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In the above code the password is stored plainly in the password field so it can be validated, but is never stored in the DB.