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In linux, wine means a compatibility layer that can run Windows applications on multiple "POSIX-compliant" operating systems. Wine can run Windows programs under the linux system by translating instructions that linux cannot understand into instructions that Linux can understand.

The operating environment of this tutorial: linux7.3 system, Dell G3 computer.

What does wine mean in linux

Wine (abbreviation "Wine Is Not an Emulator (Wine is not a simulator)") is a compatible layer that can run Windows applications on a variety of POSIX-compliant operating systems such as Linux,Mac OSX and BSD. In addition, the English word wine means wine.

Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) [that is, Windows runtime environment] is an implementation of Windows 3.x and Windows API (hereinafter referred to as dynamic interface) on top of Linux and UNIX. Note that Wine is not a tool to simulate Windows, but uses API conversion technology to implement functions corresponding to Linux to Windows to call DLL (dynamic link library) to run Windows programs. Wine works in most UNIX versions, including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.

Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs on any "Unix-like" operating system, especially Linux. At its core, Wine is a Windows application program interface (API) library that acts as a bridge between Windows programs and Linux. Wine is a compatibility layer. When a Windows program tries to perform a function (function) that Linux does not normally understand, Wine will translate the program's instructions into instructions that Linux can understand.

Popularly speaking, wine is actually a program that can easily run windows programs under the linux system.

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