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Embedding is becoming widespread. Under a broad definition, handheld computers are embedded systems. So are locks on modern hotel room doors, cash registers, fax machines and so on. There is also a subset of this market we're calling gadgets, such as smart consumer electronics devices, home entertainment systems, smart watches, smart phones, GPS gear and mapping systems in cars. Jess Berst's Anchordesk, ZDNet, July 30, 1998.

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