Emulator Definition

An emulator is a computer or software that impersonates or duplicates the functions of another computer or software. For example, they make it easy to run Windows on a Mac or vice versa.

IBM first thought of computer emulation, by which applications meant to work on an older model could be designed to work on the new one. What IBM did was that it employed hardware and software development for emulation. Developers no longer had to send all of their best brains to develop new applications for the latest computers; they could now do entirely new things because of the backward compatibility engineered into the latest computers.

The emulator is most simply defined as a video game. One of the hottest hypes of the ’90s becomes the video game emulator, allowing people to play old console games on modern desktops.

Therefore, in such an environment of constant emergence of smartphones and tablets, emulators running iOS or Android on a PC gain greater importance.