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  2. Compatibility mode - Wikipedia

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    "Compatibility View" is a compatibility mode feature of the web browser Internet Explorer in version 8 and later. When active, Compatibility View forces IE to display the webpage in Quirks mode as if the page were being viewed in IE7. [1] [2] When compatibility view is not activated, IE is said to be running in native mode. In IE11, a user can ...

  3. Just-in-time compilation - Wikipedia

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    JIT causes a slight to noticeable delay in the initial execution of an application, due to the time taken to load and compile the input code. Sometimes this delay is called "startup time delay" or "warm-up time". In general, the more optimization JIT performs, the better the code it will generate, but the initial delay will also increase.

  4. Binary-code compatibility - Wikipedia

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    Binary-code compatibility (binary compatible or object-code compatible) is a property of a computer system, meaning that it can run the same executable code, typically machine code for a general-purpose computer central processing unit (CPU), that another computer system can run.

  5. Compatibility layer - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] [12] touchHLE is a compatibility layer (referred to as a “high-level emulator”) for Windows and macOS made by Andrea "hikari_no_yume" (Sweden) in early 2023 to run legacy 32-bit iOS software. The compatibility layer was only able to run one software, Super Monkey Ball as of version 0.1.0.

  6. Game testing - Wikipedia

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    Compatibility testing is normally required for PC titles, nearing the end of development as much of the compatibility depends on the final build of the game. [ citation needed ] Often two rounds of compatibility tests are done - early in beta to allow time for issue resolution, and late in beta or during release candidate .

  7. QEMU - Wikipedia

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    The Quick Emulator (QEMU) [4] is a free and open-source emulator that uses dynamic binary translation to emulate a computer's processor; that is, it translates the emulated binary codes to an equivalent binary format which is executed by the machine.

  8. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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    Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Linux-based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers . [ 2 ] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games.

  9. Computer compatibility - Wikipedia

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    Software compatibility can refer to the compatibility that a particular software has running on a particular CPU architecture such as Intel or PowerPC. [1] Software compatibility can also refer to ability for the software to run on a particular operating system. Very rarely is a compiled software compatible with multiple different CPU ...