How does the Linux “Wine” algorithm work
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Programs written for a Windows computer communicate with the Windows operating system itself using an Application Programming Interface (Windows API). For example, if a program wants to access your file system, it “talks to” the windows operating system via the API in order to do that.
Wine intercepts the calls made from the program to the Windows APIs and translates them into their Linux equivalents. That’s why people call Wine a “compatibility layer”
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