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[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Techniques]]: '''Emulators'''
[[Techniques]]: '''Emulators'''
An emulator is any system (host) which pretends to be a different
system (target) in order to allow software designed for the target
system to run on the host system.
This section also covers [[WikiPedia:Compatibility_layer|compatibility
This section also covers [[WikiPedia:Compatibility_layer|compatibility
layer]] software. Although technically different from an
layer]] software. Although technically different from an
[WikiPedia:Emulator|emulator]], a compatibility layer nonetheless
[[WikiPedia:Emulator|emulator]], a compatibility layer nonetheless
emulates one system while running it in another.
emulates one system while running it in another.
*Hardware
*Hardware

Revision as of 22:15, 24 June 2005

Techniques: Emulators An emulator is any system (host) which pretends to be a different system (target) in order to allow software designed for the target system to run on the host system. This section also covers compatibility layer software. Although technically different from an emulator, a compatibility layer nonetheless emulates one system while running it in another.

  • Hardware
    • Bochs: Intel/PC emulator
    • Qemu: emulates a variety of CPUs and systems
  • Operating Systems
    • Wine: Windows 9x under Linux