Definizione monolingua

emulate

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:

     The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.

3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:

     But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

4. (computing) of a program or device to imitate another program or device

Definizione dizionario emulate

	emulare
	For a hardware or software system to behave in the same manner as another hardware or software system.

copiare

imitare

Altri significati:

(computing) of a program or device to imitate another program or device

To compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with.

Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.

To imitate the function of another system, as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.

To copy or imitate, especially a person.

(obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.

(now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.