Emulation meaning

emyulā′shən, emyəlā′shən
The act of emulating.
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Desire or ambition to equal or surpass.
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Emulation is defined as the act of trying to match or equal someone.

Looking up to your older sister and wanting to be just like her is an example of emulation.

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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.
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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.
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The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
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(computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system.
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The act or an instance of using an emulator.
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Origin of emulation

  • From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemulātiōnem, accusative singular form of aemulātiō.

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Emulation Sentence Examples

  • The work exhibiting this fantastic emulation of extravagance with genius was dedicated to James I.

  • At the commencement of his new career he enriched the academical collection with many memoirs, which excited a noble emulation between him and the Bernoullis, though this did not in any way affect their friendship. It was at this time that he carried the integral calculus to a higher degree of perfection, invented the calculation of sines, reduced analytical operations to a greater simplicity, and threw new light on nearly all parts of pure mathematics.

  • At fifteen, not before, Benjamin was sent to a Unitarian school at Walthamstow - a well-known school, populous enough to be a little world of emulation and conflict but otherwise unfit.

  • But they can teach, and inspire, and encourage emulation.

  • To conduct terminal emulation or to transfer files.. .

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