> If WINE is an emulator why isn't Linux or GNU? I mean, it depends on the context. I don't think it would be wrong to say that Linux "emulates a UNIX environm

> If WINE is an emulator why isn't Linux or GNU? I mean, it depends on the context. I don't think it would be wrong to say that Linux "emulates a UNIX environment" or some such, which is closer to what OP actually wrote about Wine. You've probably used a "terminal emulator" at some point today. ;)