emulator
a program or device that imitates another system
Root
- aemul: imitate, rival, strive to equal, or try to surpass
Other words with the aemul root
- emulate: to try to equal or surpass
An emulator copies another system closely enough to act like it.
The old game ran on an emulator after the original console stopped working.
An emulator makes emulate concrete: one system tries to match another so closely that it can stand in for it.