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Emulator: make a CPU architecture run (exactly) on a different one. Example: x86 on M1. See also QEMU https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.qemu.org/ Simulator: ru
by pmontra 4y ago
Emulator: make a CPU architecture run (exactly) on a different one. Example: x86 on M1. See also QEMU https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.qemu.org/
Simulator: run (approximately) a physical system on a computer. Example: weather forecasts.
As always in practice close words are used interchangeably.