EC285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Terminal Emulator, Command-Line Interface, Cmd.Exe
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Embedded computers: cameras, phones, phones with cameras, blu-ray players, planes, trains, automobiles, space ships, watches, ovens, fridges, toasters devices that depend on the computers built into them. Most such devices would probably benefit from the services of an os. Rather than going to the trouble and expense of writing their own, it"s more likely that a manufacturers of a device will adapt some existing os for the purpose. Because linux is free, open source, and highly customizable, it"s the usual choice of os for embedded systems. Microsoft powerpoint (or anything else in ms office) Mozilla firefox (or any other web browser) Your smartphone"s camera app (or any other app) Asynchronous: important word in computing, one that"s often heard in connection with computers communicating with each other, and is used to describe how a web browser has to be able to respond to asynchronous events: Events that happen at unpredictable times and in no particular order.
