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Emulator

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈɛmjəˌleɪtər/nounCore term

In software engineering, emulator means: A program that copies the hardware and software of a mobile device on a computer, so you can run and test an app without a real phone.

In Turkish: emülatör, öykünücü

How it is used

The word Android developers use: the Android Emulator comes with Android Studio, and you create virtual devices (AVDs) with different screen sizes and Android versions. Typical phrases: run on the emulator, launch the emulator, test on an emulator.

Example sentences

  1. It works on the emulator, but it crashes on my Samsung.

  2. Create an emulator with API 26 so we can check the oldest supported version.

Common collocations

  • Android Emulator
  • run on the emulator
  • launch the emulator
  • test on an emulator
  • simulatorApple's tool, included with Xcode, that runs iOS apps on a Mac in a window that looks like an iPhone or iPad, without imitating the real device hardware.
  • Android StudioGoogle's official development environment for Android apps, based on IntelliJ IDEA, with a code editor, the Android Emulator, profilers and build tools.
  • debugTo search for the cause of a problem in a program and remove it, often by running the code step by step and checking values.

This word in other fields

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