emulator
Platform translation software
An emulator is software or hardware that mimics another system, allowing programs designed for one platform to run on a different one.
Video game emulators let you play old console games on modern computers: I use an emulator to play Nintendo 64 games on my laptop.
The term extends to anyone who emulates—imitates or tries to equal—another person, though this sense is less common.
Unwritable digital storage
- savestateStored game progress
- consoleComfort in distress
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
homebrew · speedrun · retro · vintage · classic · 8-bit · 16-bit · Atari
One who copies others
- copycatOne who mimics another
- impersonatorOne who copies others
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
lookalike · double · doppelganger · facsimile · imitation · counterfeit · simulator · approximation
Unwritable digital storage
- virtualizationCreating simulated computing environments
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- runtimeProgram execution duration
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
binary · executable · debugger · API · platform · patch · update · bootloader
Compact computing circuit
- CPUMain computing chip
- GPUVisual processing hardware
- chipsetCoordinated circuit collection
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
BIOS · circuitry · architecture · virtualization · compatibility · processor · instruction set · memory
Simulating or demonstrating form
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- environmentExternal conditions affecting life
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
prototype · experiment · dynamics · systems · behavior · mimic · reproduce · approximate
ROM
Unwritable digital storage
cartridge · homebrew · speedrun · retro · vintage · classic · 8-bit · 16-bit · Atari · NES
mimic
One who copies others
- copycatOne who mimics another
- impersonatorOne who copies others
- cloneGenetically identical organism
replica · lookalike · double · doppelganger · facsimile · imitation · counterfeit · simulator · approximation · reproduction
ROM
Unwritable digital storage
- virtualizationCreating simulated computing environments
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- runtimeProgram execution duration
interpreter · binary · executable · debugger · API · platform · patch · update · bootloader · BIOS
microprocessor
Compact computing circuit
firmware · BIOS · circuitry · architecture · virtualization · compatibility · processor · instruction set · memory · register
modeling
Simulating or demonstrating form
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- environmentExternal conditions affecting life
synthetic · prototype · experiment · dynamics · systems · behavior · mimic · reproduce · approximate · fidelity
- retro computingApple II, ENIAC, IBM PC, Commodore, Atari
- softwaresoftware, app, apps, application, program
- arcadesarcade, arcade games, video games, joystick, joysticks
- Imitatorsmimic, copycat, impersonator, clone, double
- retro gamingretro gaming, 8-bit, NES, SNES, 16-bit
- gaming techgame engine, graphics card, console, controller, GPU
emulatororiginal
First or inventive
innovator · originator · creator · pioneer · trailblazer
emulate, emulation, emulating, emulated, emulates, emulative, emulations, emulators