Examples of 'compatibility layer' in a sentence

Meaning of "compatibility layer"

compatibility layer - A compatibility layer refers to software that enables a program to run on a specific operating system or platform for which it was not originally designed

How to use "compatibility layer" in a sentence

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compatibility layer
Odin does not use emulation or a compatibility layer.
A hardware compatibility layer consists of tools that allow hardware emulation.
They have made that sort of a compatibility layer for them.
Wine compatibility layer.
Pegasus runs under Linux using the Wine compatibility layer.
Added by a compatibility layer.
A compatibility layer avoids both the complexity and the speed penalty of full hardware emulation.
Wine is a compatibility layer.
Sailfish OS can run Android applications through a proprietary compatibility layer.
It creates a compatibility layer for Windows programs to interact with the Linux operating system.
Think of Wine as a Windows compatibility layer.
Wine attempts to provide a compatibility layer between the Linux operating system and Windows programs.
It based its Windows compatibility on the Wine API compatibility layer.
Wine is a compatibility layer that makes installing Windows applications on Linux possible.
In these cases, a simple compatibility layer may suffice.

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CrossOver is developed by CodeWeavers and based on Wine, an open-source Windows compatibility layer.
POSIX compatibility layer.
During the installation, make sure you select the MacFUSE Compatibility Layer.
Appium provides a stability and compatibility layer on top of platform-specific automation technologies.
At its heart is a customized, modified version of the WINE Windows-on-Linux compatibility layer named Proton.
The WINE compatibility layer isn't perfect, and not every Windows program will function correctly.
FreeBSD has basic support for STREAMS-related system calls, as required by SVR4 binary compatibility layer.
The compatibility layer for X, XMir, is based on XWayland.
However, the game is playable on GNU / Linux via the Wine compatibility layer.
MS-DOS itself is demoted to a compatibility layer for 16-bit device drivers.

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