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The word emulation refers to:
- An ambition and effort to equal, excel or surpass another; to compete or rival with some degree of success, especially through imitation
- The low-level simulation of equipment or phenomena by artificial means, such as by software modeling. Note that simulation may also allow an abstract high-level model.
[edit] Computing
- Emulator, imitation of behavior of a computer or other electronic system with the help of another type of computer/system
- Console emulator, a program that allows a computer or modern console to emulate another video game console
- In-circuit emulator, a program used to emulate the processor in an embedded system, to aid in debugging
- Hardware emulation, the use of special purpose hardware to emulate the behavior of a yet-to-be-built system, with greater speed than pure software emulation
- Emulation for Logic Validation, used to emulate hardware in manufacturing automation
[edit] Other uses
[edit] See also
- Semulation, a mix of software simulation and hardware emulation of an electronic system
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