An embedded device
•An embedded device is an object that contains a special-purpose computing system. The system, which is completely enclosed by the object, may or may not be able to connect to the Internet.
An embedded device (Cont.)
•Embedded systems have extensive applications in consumer, commercial, automotive, industrial and healthcare markets. It's estimated that by 2015, over 15 billion embedded devices will be connected to the Internet, a phenomenon commonly referred to as the Internet of Things.