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QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to achieve
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good emulation speed, QEMU has two operating modes:
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* Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system
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(for example a PC), including a processor and various peripherals.
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It can be used to launch different Operating Systems without rebooting
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the PC or to debug system code.
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* User mode emulation (Linux host only). In this mode, QEMU can launch
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Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used
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to launch the Wine Windows API emulator or to ease cross-compilation
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and cross-debugging.
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