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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows by _joel on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:15AM (#24897041)
"Wine Is Not an Emulator"
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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows by coldpie on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:34AM (#24897281)
The linked software contains a CPU emulator, since 64-bit Windows cannot execute programs in 16-bit mode.

Regardless, I would argue Wine is an emulator. It emulates Windows's behavior, so it is perfectly fine to describe it as an emulator in some contexts. This pedantic nit-picking is really tiresome.

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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows by phh on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:50AM (#24897472)
It's not a nitpick in this context, since Wine on Android will only run ARM64 binaries (unless you have one of those few x86 Android devices)
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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows by _joel on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:35PM (#24898029)
Nitpicking? Literally look at https://www.winehq.org/ front page

"Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator")..."

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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows by anonunivgrad on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:36PM (#24899506)
And the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a democracy.
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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows by LocalH on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:55PM (#24899768)
Wine is an API emulator
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