What ScummVM is from technical point of view?

[johnc]

Hi everyone on this amazing forum. (Nice design, really!)

I'm trying to understand what ScummVM is from technical point of view. It have "VM" (virtual machine) in its name, and so, from my point of view, it means that it is some kind of emulator or hypervisor, because, as I understand, any virtual machine works "inside" one of these two technologies (i.e. inside emulator or inside hypervisor).

So, what is it?

[tsoliman]

Which one would you say the JVM is? (Java Virtual Machine)

Hint: This is where you should look into the difference between a system VM (which you seem to be talking about) and a process VM.

[johnc]

@tsoliman Now it is clear. Big thanks!

[LogicDeLuxe]

It is an interpreter, but also an emulator, ie. it interprets game scripts and uses emulation for most of the sounds.