Emulation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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The use of a data processing system to imitate another data processing system, so that the imitating system accepts the same data, executes the same programs, and achieves the same results as the imitated system.

polysemousSystems and software engineering —Vocabulary

Senses

3 more senses beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

effort to equal or surpass another

Wordset Dictionary

(computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another

Wordset Dictionary

ambition to equal or excel

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Emulations
possessive: Emulation's
pluralpossessive: Emulations'

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