1A computer that is able to use the software of another machine without modification.
〔计算机〕软件通用型计算机
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Similarly, TeleVideo launched an IBM workalike last year but found few buyers.
Once the BIOS was cracked, anyone could manufacture an IBM-PC workalike.
1.1A piece of software or hardware intended to duplicate the functionality of another.
Example sentencesExamples
NET workalike is Microsoft's next great hope for future revenues and competitor obfuscation.
However, there are many useful routines in the kernel that give you functionality similar to library routines, including workalikes for most of the str family of functions from the C library.
Linux, the GPL workalike, needed equivalent extension workalikes for itself - Lesstif, for instance.
Windows workalikes for the Linux software I use daily, all of which came with Mandrake 8.0 in the ‘Powerpack’ box that cost $65, would run well over $1,000.
Everything from multichannel DAWs to streaming audio servers and TiVO workalikes - if you can think of building it with a computer, someone's probably already done it with Open Source.
Definition of workalike in US English:
workalike
nounˈwərkəˌlīk
Computing
1A computer that is able to use the software of another machine without modification.
〔计算机〕软件通用型计算机
Example sentencesExamples
Once the BIOS was cracked, anyone could manufacture an IBM-PC workalike.
Similarly, TeleVideo launched an IBM workalike last year but found few buyers.
1.1A piece of software or hardware intended to duplicate the functionality of another.
Example sentencesExamples
Windows workalikes for the Linux software I use daily, all of which came with Mandrake 8.0 in the ‘Powerpack’ box that cost $65, would run well over $1,000.
Linux, the GPL workalike, needed equivalent extension workalikes for itself - Lesstif, for instance.
Everything from multichannel DAWs to streaming audio servers and TiVO workalikes - if you can think of building it with a computer, someone's probably already done it with Open Source.
NET workalike is Microsoft's next great hope for future revenues and competitor obfuscation.
However, there are many useful routines in the kernel that give you functionality similar to library routines, including workalikes for most of the str family of functions from the C library.