"emulator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/ Audio: En-us-emulator.ogg [US] Forms: emulators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} emulator (plural emulators)
  1. A person or thing that emulates. Translations (person or thing that emulates): emulaattori (Finnish), émulateur [masculine] (French), émulatrice [feminine] (French), emulador [masculine] (Galician), emuladora [feminine] (Galician), ζηλωτής (zilotís) [masculine] (Greek), μιμητής (mimitís) [masculine] (Greek), co-eiyrtagh [masculine] (Manx), imitator [masculine] (Polish), imitatorka [feminine] (Polish), naśladowca [masculine] (Polish), naśladowczyni [feminine] (Polish), emulador [masculine] (Portuguese), emuladora [feminine] (Portuguese), emulador [masculine] (Spanish), emuladora [feminine] (Spanish), émulo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-emulator-en-noun--qoZHHvI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'person or thing that emulates': 99 1
  2. (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (software or hardware that simulates another system): مُحَاكٍ (muḥākin) [masculine] (Arabic), емулатор (emulator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), emulaattori (Finnish), émulateur [masculine] (French), emulador [masculine] (Galician), Emulator [masculine] (German), εξομοιωτής (exomoiotís) [masculine] (Greek), אמולטור (emulator) [masculine] (Hebrew), emulátor (Hungarian), hermir [masculine] (Icelandic), emulatore [masculine] (Italian), エミュレータ (emyurēta) (Japanese), pelagak (Malay), emulator [masculine] (Polish), emulador [masculine] (Portuguese), emulator [neuter] (Romanian), эмуля́тор (emuljátor) (Russian), emulador [masculine] (Spanish), emulator [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-emulator-en-noun-0WEiqLjt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'software or hardware that simulates another system': 3 97
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      "word": "emulatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "emyurēta",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "word": "エミュレータ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "word": "pelagak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emulator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emulador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "emulator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "emuljátor",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "word": "эмуля́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emulador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "software or hardware that simulates another system",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "emulator"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "emulator"
  ],
  "word": "emulator"
}

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