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emulation: a standalone construct

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Digital preservation

keeping digital documents usable by running their original software on later machines through programs that imitate the old hardware.

In digital preservation, emulation refers to keeping digital documents usable by running their original software on later machines through programs that imitate the old hardware. This meaning comes from Rothenberg (1995) in Scientific American.[1]

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References

Rothenberg, J. (1995). Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents. Scientific American, 272(1), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0195-42

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