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what is the difference between a simulator and an emulator? Please define both of them too, i am really confused with the working of DOSBOX emulator

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Two words for the same thing.

I'm sure there are some people who draw differences and say "it's only an emulator if it does this", etc., but there's no official rule.

I tend to use "simulation" to refer to hardware, like a flight simulator, and "emulation" to refer to software, like qemu. But that's just me.

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