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emulation Definition

emu·lation (em′yo̵̅o̅ lās̸hən, -yə-)

noun

  1. the act of emulating
  2. desire or ambition to equal or surpass
  3. Obsolete
    1. ambitious rivalry
    2. envious dislike
  4. Comput. the act or an instance of using an emulator

Etymology: L aemulatio

emulation Related Forms
emu·la′·tive adjective emu·la′·tively adverb
emulation Telecom Definition
  1. The process of imitating a computer or computer software program.Terminal emulation, for example, is the process by which a microcomputer imitates a dumb terminal in order to communicate with a mainframe computer.
  2. Circuit emulation is the process by which a broadband circuit can support many virtual circuits (VCs), with each performing as a distinct legacy physical circuit. See also broadband, circuit, dumb terminal, mainframe, microcomputer, and VC.
emulation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • encourage: But they can teach, and inspire, and encourage emulation.
  • leave: The FFE was changed back to default to using that native facility, leaving emulation as an option.
  • include: The libc support ( including emulation on older kernels without the system calls ) was added in glibc 2.1.

Preposition: for

  • beginner: ZX Spectrum emulation for beginners... will have to download an emulator.

Adjective modifier

  • vt100: To run pine on the Teaching System, you need at least vt100 terminal emulation.
  • terminal: Is there a program similar to either one of these that can provide terminal emulation on Linux.
  • sound: As a result the sound emulation which is pretty good actually sounds stretched and of a poor quality.
  • perfect: As well as near perfect graphics emulation, sound emulation is also included, and works very well indeed.

Modifies a noun

  • .net: This emulator is a... emulation.net... is a handheld, portable gaming system by Nintendo.
  • mode: In the HP emulation mode, what printer driver should I select in the software?
  • software: You must have a graphics terminal or use graphics terminal emulation software.
  • layer: Why shouldn't I just use a Windows emulation layer or toolkit on my Linux system to migrate my application?
  • program: Alternatively you can run a Mac or PC emulator to run a terminal emulation program from there.
  • scene: Being on the young side, how come you are so interested in the emulation scene?

Noun used with modifier

  • terminal: To conduct terminal emulation or to transfer files.. .
  • os: Visit my home page. emulation.net: Emulators for the Mac OS emulation.net is dedicated to emulation on the Mac OS.
  • mouse: Also, is there any was to do mouse emulation without a mouse?
  • printer: Check to make sure the driver matches the printer emulation mode.
  • PC: Forums Discuss ' Playstation PC emulation software ships.. .
  • hardware: Hardware Emulation: all the major hardware on the BBC is.. .

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