Emulation

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.

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

Other uses

• Emulation (observational learning), a theory of comparative psychology
• Socialist emulation, a form of competition that was practiced in the Soviet Union
• Gaussian process emulation, a special case of the Gaussian process in statistics
• ST Emulous, a British tugboat
• Whole brain emulation, aiming at mind uploading
• Emulation (Schoelcher), a football club of Martinique, based in the westcoast-town Schœlcher

See also

• Semulation, a mix of software simulation and hardware emulation of an electronic system

External links

• Emulation Mind - Emulation Related Website