What is an embedded system? Can Mobile be considered as an embedded product?

Question

What is mean by embedded system?

If a system/machine or product which we are making is for multiple purposes, then can we consider it as an embedded system? Or is it tha

Answer 1

An example of an "embedded system" is a chip that is inserted underneath a dog's skin for identification purposes. Words like "embedded system" have specific meanings that only specialists understand. Such ambiguities make understanding technical language difficult for ordinary people.

embedded (ɪmˈbɛdɪd) adj

1. fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding solid mass
2. constituting a permanent and noticeable feature of something
3. (Journalism & Publishing) journalism assigned to accompany an active military unit
4. (Grammar) grammar inserted into a sentence
5. (Computer Science) computing (of a piece of software) made an integral part of other software