emulation

ˌɛmjʊˈleɪʃən

Definition

Definition of emulation - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

competitioneffort to match or surpass a person or achievement

She admired her sister's success and her emulation was obvious in her hard work.

imitation

rivalry

technology

TECH.

process of imitating another system

TECH.

The software uses emulation to run old games.

mimicry

replication

simulation

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Expressions with emulation

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in emulation of

prep.

done to imitate actions or style of someone or something

He started painting landscapes in emulation of his favorite artist.

terminal emulation

software enabling a computer to mimic a specific terminal

He used terminal emulation to connect to the mainframe.

Origin of emulation

Latin, aemulatio (rivalry)

Terms with emulation included in their meaning

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virtual machine

technology

software emulation of a computer in an isolated partition

emulous

adj.

imitative

characterized by imitation or emulation

Byronism

literature

admiration or emulation of the poet Lord Byron

RTED

acr.

acr: Remote Terminal Emulation Device

device for remote terminal emulation

Examples of emulation in a sentence

The artist's emulation of classic styles was impressive.
Emulation allows the device to mimic older hardware.
The emulator relies on emulation to function properly.

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French:émulation, ...
German:Wetteifer, Emulation, ...
Italian:emulazione, ...
Spanish:emulación, ...
Portuguese:emulação, ...
Chinese:仿效, 仿真, ...
Japanese:模倣, ...
Arabic:منافسة, محاكاة, ...
Hebrew:חִיקּוּי, אֶמְיוּלַצְיָה, ...
Russian:соперничество, эмуляция, ...
Ukrainian:наслідування, емуляція, ...
Hindi:होड़, इम्यूलेशन, ...
Bengali:অনুকরণ, এমুলেশন, ...
Catalan:emulació, simulació, ...
Czech:soupeření, emulace, ...
Danish:stræben, emulering, ...
Dutch:emulatie, nabootsing, ...
Greek:άμιλλα, εξομοίωση, ...
Hungarian:vetélkedés, emuláció, ...
Khmer:ការខិតខំប្រកួតប្រជែង, ការធ្វើត្រាប់តាម, ...
Korean:모방, 에뮬레이션, ...
Persian:همچشمی, شبیه‌سازی, ...
Polish:naśladowanie, emulacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):emulação, imitação, ...
Romanian:emulație, emulare, ...
Swedish:efterlikning, ...
Thai:การเอาอย่าง, การจำลอง, ...
Turkish:öykünme, emülasyon, ...
Vietnamese:sự noi theo, mô phỏng, ...

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