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Wine is an open-source compatibility layer that implements Windows API calls on Linux and macOS, with its name derived from the recursive acronym Wine Is Not an Emulator.
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VerifiedWine is an open-source compatibility layer project that enables Windows programs to run on Linux, macOS, and other systems by dynamically translating Windows API calls into POSIX calls.80% similarUnverifiedWine runs Windows programs by translating Windows API calls into native calls for systems such as macOS/Linux; it is essentially not an emulator but an API mapping layer.72% similarUnverifiedWINE's Direct2D implementation covers only a small portion of the API's functionality, which is insufficient to run applications that rely heavily on it.52% similar
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