Emuleeritav

Emuleeritav is an Estonian adjective meaning capable of being emulated. The concept is used to describe software, hardware designs, or digital systems whose behavior can be faithfully replicated by another system, usually a software program called an emulator (emulaator). Emulation aims to reproduce the functional behavior of one system on a different platform, including its instruction set, timing, and I/O.

In computing, emulation enables running software designed for one CPU architecture or hardware environment on a different one. It may require modeling the original hardware in software, possibly with a BIOS or firmware image, and translates or interprets instructions. Emulation differs from virtualization, which runs a guest system directly on hardware with minimal abstraction; emulation introduces overhead but can achieve compatibility across diverse platforms. Performance and accuracy trade-offs are common, and some timing-sensitive programs may be difficult to emulate faithfully.

Common uses include preserving classic video game consoles, running legacy operating systems, or testing software across platforms. Popular emulators include those for game consoles and development environments, as well as general-purpose emulators like QEMU or Bochs. The term emuleeritav is commonly found in technical documentation describing whether an application or system can be emulated or whether a platform is capable of hosting an emulator for specific software.