Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
To imitate one system with another, so that the imitating system accepts the same data, executes the same computer programs, and achieves the same results as the imitated system.
try to equal or excel, imitate zealously.
(1) To imitate another system. (2) A method by which an imitating system can accept the same data, execute the same computer programs and achieve the same results as the original system.
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artists's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"
Imitate a system (hard- or software) by another one. The imitating system computes the same results on the same data as the imitated system. CPCEMU emulates a »CPC on a »PC.
To imitate the operation of a device to equal the original's operation. This is only useful in the context of 1-Wire SHA-1 devices if the Authentication Secret is known. (see Authentication Secret)
vb. For a hardware or software system to behave in the same manner as another hardware or software system. In a network, microcomputers often emulate mainframes or terminals so that two machines can communicate.