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emulator

software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest)
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emulator

Summary

emulator is a software category[1]. emulator has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • emulator's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • emulator is a type of computer program[4].
  • emulator is a type of software simulator[5].
  • emulator is used for emulation[6].
  • emulator's Commons category is recorded as Emulation software[7].
  • emulator's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Emulation software[8].
  • emulator's facet of is recorded as Preservation Action[9].
  • emulator's facet of is recorded as software preservation[10].
  • emulator's described by source is recorded as The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd edition[11].
  • emulator's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/emulation[12].
  • emulator's different from is recorded as emulation[13].
  • emulator's properties for this type is recorded as P12561[14].
  • emulator's simulates is recorded as computer system[15].

Body

Definition and Type

emulator's instance of is recorded as software category[3]. Recorded subclass of include computer program[4] and software simulator[5].

Use and Application

emulator is used for emulation[6].

Why It Matters

emulator has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] emulator is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Community Owned Digital Preservation Tool Registry. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · ~2026-36816-01 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Simulates → computer system
    Facet of → Preservation Action, software preservation
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q47755251]]"
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