2006-06-07 05:04:15 · 3 answers · asked by Alyssa 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Most computers are an integral part of the products we use including consumer electronics, automobiles, home appliances, cell phones and all the industrial products that contain computers. But wherever there's a computer, you also have software programs that tell the computer what to do. Since the computers and their software are dedicated as part of the consumer or industrial product, engineers refer to those types of computer and software applications as being "embedded" as opposed to your PC for example that uses general purpose software applications like Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Apple Itunes etc in addition to the special purpose embedded software like device drivers.
2006-06-07 05:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by bobweb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Embedded Software is Software that was been permently stored and locked onto and in your hard drive. The only way to get those kinds of softwhere out, is by going though the mainframe setting
2006-06-07 12:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Master Hoyle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Embedded means that the program can not be changed by the user. The program is only be changed if it is accompanied by a physical hardware change. The typical embedded program is supplied in the for of e ROM chip (eg, EPRPOM) placed or embedded in the equipment hardware.
2006-06-07 12:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by John K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋