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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc."]]
+
+[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
+id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+QEMU is free software written by Fabrice Bellard that implements a fast
+processor [[emulator|emulation]], allowing a user to run one operating system
+within another one.  It is similar to projects such as [[Bochs]] and VMware
+Workstation, but has several features these lack, including increased speed and
+support for multiple architectures.  By using dynamic translation it achieves a
+reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
+
+QEMU has two operating modes:
+
+  * User mode emulation: QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled for one CPU
+    on another CPU.  Linux [[system call]]s are converted because of endianness
+    and 32/64 bit mismatches.  Wine and Dosemu are the main targets for QEMU.
+
+  * System mode emulation: QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor
+    and various peripherials.  It enables easier testing and debugging of
+    system code.  It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several
+    virtual PCs on a single server.
+
+The majority of the program is under the [[LGPL]], with the system mode
+emulation under the [[GPL]].
+
+# External Links
+
+  * <http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/>
+  * [Qemu on Windows](http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/)