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embedded software comparison table

Subject	replace by	have	is a kind of	account for	upgrade by	run	have global development effort	have global number of copies	has definition	have global CPU usage
software		a poor design and is steadily becoming worse	subject						Programs and related data that run on a computer
embedded software	the user without replacing the hardware	hard real-time characteristics and will fail completely if their real-time constraints are not met	software	the bulk of software copies in existence	the user without replacing the hardware	hardware devices such as washing machines, VCRs, microwave ovens, or cars	low	high	Software that is designed to run specific hardware devices, and thus is embedded in the devices, usually in a form of read-only memory (ROM)	medium

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