emulation
trying hard to be as good as someone else, in a positive way
the effort to equal or surpass someone else’s achievements, usually through healthy competition and self-improvement
copying a person or style because you admire it
the act of copying someone or something, especially to achieve a similar level of success or quality
making one computer act like another computer
the use of hardware or software to imitate another computer system so that its programs or games can run as if on the original machine
- Base: emulation
- Plural: emulation, emulations
emulation layer
1compatibility imitation component
software that helps one system behave like another
- The emulation layer translates system calls from the older program.
- They improved performance by rewriting parts of the emulation layer.
- An emulation layer can increase compatibility but add overhead.
emulation mode
1mode that imitates another
a setting that makes something act like an older/different system
- Try running the software in emulation mode to improve compatibility.
- The terminal has an emulation mode for older systems.
- In emulation mode, some newer features are disabled.
hardware emulation
1imitating hardware behavior
software or tools that act like real hardware
- Hardware emulation helped the engineers test the design before the chip was manufactured.
- The company used hardware emulation to verify timing issues.
- Accurate hardware emulation can be slower than simpler methods.
in emulation of
1imitating as a model
copying someone because you want to be like them
- She began writing short stories in emulation of her favorite authors.
- The team adopted the strategy in emulation of last year’s champions.
- He dressed in emulation of the musicians he admired.
- He trained in emulation of his older brother.
software emulation
1imitating a system in software
a program that makes your computer act like a different one
- Software emulation allowed the app to run on a different platform.
- With software emulation, the game behaved almost exactly like it did on the original console.
- They compared software emulation with running the code natively.
- Software emulation can run old games.