| n. | 1. | The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. |
| 2. | Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention. | |
| 3. | imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities. | |
| 4. | (Computers) the imitation of the actions of a computer system or component, especially a processor, by means of a computer program, with the goal of predicting the behavior and performance characteristics of that system without actually manufacturing it. |
| Noun | 1. | emulation - ambition to equal or excel |
| 2. | emulation - (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another | |
| 3. | emulation - effort to equal or surpass another |
| (architecture) | emulation - When one system performs in exactly the same way as another, though perhaps not at the same speed. A typical example would be emulation of one computer by (a program running on) another. You might use an emulation as a replacement for a system whereas you would use a simulation if you just wanted to analyse it and make predictions about it. |