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> anonymous@remailer.hastio.org wrote:
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> What's the definition of emulator?
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> (Not being sarcastic, I want to know the difference!)

----An emulator, in the most general sense, duplicates (provide an
emulation of) the functions of one system with a different system, so
that the second system appears to behave like the first system. Unlike
a simulation, it does not attempt to precisely model the state of the
device being emulated; it only attempts to reproduce its behavior.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulation

The imitation of one computing system by another system through the use
of software and hardware that allow the latter to run programs written
for the former. www.sabc.co.za/manual/ibm/9agloss.htm

Refers to the ability of a program or device to imitate another program
or device. Many printers, for example, are designed to emulate
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers because so much software is written
for HP printers. By emulating an HP printer, a printer can work with
any software written for a real HP printer. Emulation tricks the
software into believing that a device is really some other device.
Communications software packages often include terminal emulation
drivers. ... www.5starsupport.com/glossary/e.htm

one of the most frequent features accompanying competition, where
customs, buildings, and artifacts in one society may be adopted by
neighboring ones through a process of imitation which is often
competitive in nature.
www.china.org.cn/english/features/Archaeology/98851.htm

A technique that allows a piece of software or hardware to =E2=80=98act=E2=
=80=99 like
another in order to cooperate with otherwise incompatible products. A
very common use of emulation is using a printer with certain types of
software. www.angelfire.com/bc/nursinginformatics/glossary2.html

Replication of a computing system to process programs and data from an
early system that is no longer available.
www.cs.cornell.edu/wya/DigLib/MS1999/glossary.html

The imitation, performed by a combination of hardware and software, of
all or part of one device, terminal, or computer by another, so that
the imitating device accepts the same data, performs the same
functions, and appears to other network devices as if it were the
imitated device. Emulation allows programs to run between incompatible
systems. www.oregoninnovation.org/pressroom/glossary.d-f.html

The process by which a device is built to work like another. For
example, a chip can be designed to emulate another model and execute
software that was written to run in the other design. The emulator can
be hardware, software or both.
www.synopsys.com/news/pr_kit/eda_glossary.html

The process of re-creating an obsolete operating system or piece of
software on an up to date operating system or piece of software,
therefore allowing the digital objects associated with the obsolete
system to be accessed. Emulation is one of the main areas of research
into digital preservation. www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/lifeproject/glossary.shtml

A digital record preservation approach which involves keeping digital
records in their original format and recreating the operating
environment to enable the original performance of the software to be
recreated on current computers. The result is that the original data
format is preserved and may be accessed in an environment that allows
for the recreation of the original =E2=80=98look and feel=E2=80=99 of the r=
ecord.
www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/er/gui...4-glossary.html

The process by which a micro- processor is able to execute code in an
instruction set different from its native instruction set. See also
68LC040 Emulator.
developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/PPCSoftware/PPCSoftware-85.html

Historically, AS/400 servers were accessed via IBM 5250 =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=
=9Cgreen
screen=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2 terminals. Nowadays most operators access th=
eir AS/400 or
iSeries via PC clients that need to run an emulator of the 5250
terminal to access applications that still have a =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9Cgree=
n screen=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2
interface. www.iseries365.com/Content/Pages/Glossary.aspx

The imitation of a computer system, performed by a combination of
hardware and software, that allows programs to run between incompatible
systems. www.tyner.com/glossary.htm

Using software which makes a PC behave as though it were a terminal, or
which alters the characteristics of a user's terminal to act as a
different type of terminal. www.sivideo.com/9pcterms.htm

was developed by Jeff Rothenberg of the Rand Corporation who describes
it as a "process in which one computer is used to reproduce the
behaviour of another computer with such fidelity that the emulation can
be used in place of the original computer." Still considered
theoretical, his strategy supports executable "digital originals" and
requires the native application and emulator of the original platform.
www.state.sc.us/scdah/dollarsumm0122.htm

Hardware or software, or a combination of the two, that behaves like
another device or program, like PCs emulating dumb terminals.
www.nettedautomation.com/glossary_menue/glossary_e.html

Mode in which a system imitates another one in order to exploit the
same programs or to provide the same results. Emulation facilitates
conversion. www.discoverscs.com/ee.html

The process of using one software program to imitate the behaviors of
another software program or piece of software.
eidx.comptia.org/reference/glossary/gloss_e.aspx

A network activity in which a computer acts as if it is another kind of
computer or terminal. www.tjiss.net/glossary_e.html

The use of software to make one system compatible with another; for
example, a =E2=80=98DOS emulator can permit systems that are not PC-compati=
ble
to run MS-DOS programs.
www.kelso.scotborders.sch.uk/depart...reference/glos=
sary_of_terms.htm

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