In software engineering, a compatibility layer is an interface that allows binaries for a legacy or foreign system to run on a host system. This translates...

Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows software (primarily video games) to run on Linux-based operating systems. Proton is developed by Valve...

systems (such as IBM z/OS) earned the trademark through a POSIX compatibility layer and are not otherwise inherently Unix systems. Many ancient UNIX...

Cycada (formerly known as Cider, and Chameleon before) is a compatibility layer that aims to allow applications designed for iOS to run unmodified on...

Wine is a free and open-source compatibility layer to allow application software and computer games developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like...

data generated by older ones Compatibility card, an expansion card for hardware emulation of another device Compatibility layer, components that allow for...

HarmonyOS SDK. The kernel of HarmonyOS NEXT no longer includes the compatibility layer of AOSP framework with Android libraries from EMUI in the user space...

for both native Linux games and those running through Proton, a compatibility layer for Windows games. Additionally, the Steam Deck features a desktop...

desktop virtualization, platform virtualization, or emulation via compatibility layer. Platform virtualization allows more leverage to the developer as...

that runs on Linux can run on FreeBSD using an optional built-in compatibility layer. Hence, most Linux binaries can be run on FreeBSD, including some...

driven by frustration over poor compatibility and low performance of Wine's Direct3D 11 to OpenGL translation layer. In 2018, the developer was sponsored...

traditional computing use. SteamOS 3.0 also incorporates Valve’s Proton compatibility layer, enabling many Windows games to run on Linux. During a panel at LinuxCon...

Collabora Ltd is a private open-source software consulting company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Montreal. It...

"Glorious Eggroll", who is also known for developing Proton-GE, a compatibility layer widely used for running Windows games on Linux. Nobara Linux was...

[citation needed] Windows Subsystem for Linux, also known as WSL, is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10 and 11...

run Mac OS 9 and its applications in the Classic Environment, a compatibility layer. macOS was first released in 1999 as Mac OS X Server 1.0. It was...

operating system, replacing previous versions that relied on the AOSP compatibility layer, Linux kernel, and LiteOS kernel. The HongMeng Kernel adopts a microkernel...

might benefit from partnerships. Compatibility layer Interchangeability Forward compatibility Backward compatibility Cross-platform Emulator List of computer...

Waydroid is a container-based compatibility layer that enables Android to run in a containerized environment on Linux systems. By using Linux namespaces...

compatible with existing Darwin binaries. The Darling project is a compatibility layer for running macOS binaries on Linux systems. It uses some Darwin...

older NetBSD release with 32-bit time_t are supported via a binary compatibility layer, but such older applications will still suffer from the Y2038 problem...

These include libhybris, a compatibility layer for Android's Bionic, and Wine, which can be seen as a compatibility layer from Windows APIs to glibc and...

PlayOnMac is a free compatibility layer and emulator for macOS that allows installation and usage of video games and other software initially designed...

functionality; in such cases, the older API can still be supported by a thin compatibility layer on top of the newer code. Shims for newer APIs are defined as: "a...

Windows on Windows (commonly referred to as WOW) is a discontinued compatibility layer of 32-bit versions of the Windows NT family of operating systems...

PlayOnLinux is a graphical frontend for the Wine software compatibility layer which allows Linux users to install Windows-based video games, Microsoft...

Darling is a free and open-source macOS compatibility layer for Linux. It duplicates functions of macOS by providing alternative implementations of the...

Sailfish OS can run some Android applications through a proprietary compatibility layer. Sailfish is targeted at mobile devices.[citation needed] Since it...

API. Free and open-source software portal Darling (software), a compatibility layer that relies on GNUstep GNUstep fat bundle GNUstep Renaissance, framework...

major version, WSL 2. WSL 1 (released August 2, 2016), acted as a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) by implementing...