different between emulator vs emulation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mj??le?t??/
• Hyphenation: em?u?la?tor

Noun

emulator (plural emulators)

1. A person or thing that emulates.
   • The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries (volume 1)

     I admire the conqueror of Tlajcala and of Culna, but I find in the life of this emulator of Caesar actions which, if necessity warranted, the heart must still refuse to approve […]

2. (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.

Related terms

• emulate

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (emyur?ta)

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• æmulation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemul?ti?nem, accusative singular form of aemul?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m.j??le??.??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m.ju?le??.??n/, /-??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n, -e???n

Noun

emulation (countable and uncountable, plural emulations)

1. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

   a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

2. (obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.263:

     Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […] , but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […]

3. (computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

Related terms

• emulate
• emulative
• emulator

Translations

Anagrams

• Manuelito, laumonite