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🧑‍🎤 To imitate 💻 To copy function
to emulate

to emulate

8 7.0
To make a program or device act like another machine, for example an old game console
  • verb
  • /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : emular
  • Flashpoint uses an open source launcher to emulate old Flash browser games, making them accessible again.
  • emulated node
  • emulated device
  • emulated sensor

It's very difficult to predict because we don't have the computational power to like emulate that.

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Examples

  • Putty is a Windows program that emulates the job of the SSH tool on Linux.

    Blog text (16)

  • Survey respondents want to see more e-book offerings and better tools or devices to best emulate print reading.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Flashpoint uses an open source launcher and a few tricks to emulate old Flash browser games.

  • Prior to the introduction of G5 hardware, all Java floating-point arithmetic on S/390 was emulated.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The software was designed to emulate the functionality of the original program, allowing users to run it on modern devices.

  • Developers are working to emulate the features of the latest operating system on older hardware.

Synonyms

to imitate
vsto emulate
186 2.7

Copy the way someone speaks, looks, or acts

creates actual functional equivalence by altering systems or software
to copy
vsto emulate
177 1.0

Do something the same way someone else does

focuses on matching function via system modification rather than mere copying
to replicate
vsto emulate
  • Specialized
66 4.9

To make an exact copy of something, often in a lab

recreates another system's function by altering hardware or software not just copying
to reproduce
vsto emulate
41 4.0

To make a copy of something that looks like the original

achieves functional match through system changes rather than producing duplicates
to simulate
vsto emulate
22 5.5

Copy someone's voice or actions to seem like them

produces working behavior by changing systems not only seeming to act
mimic
vsto emulate
1 4.5

Made to look or act like something else

gives genuine system-level function by altering components rather than resembling

How Accurate

to replicate
  • Specialized
66 4.9
to emulate
  • Specialized
8 7.0
to simulate
  • Specialized
85 5.4
to imitate
186 2.7

Surface Forms

emulate infinitive
emulated past
emulated past participle
emulating present participle
emulates third person singular

Etymology

The word emulate comes from the Latin aemulari, meaning 'to rival' or 'to copy'. In computing, to emulate something is to make one computer or program 'act like' another so it works the same as the original.