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what is embedded software?
 
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Embedded software is s/w that runs on chips or devices,
say mobile/handheld devices instead on a Desktop / laptop computer.
It is basically software "embedded" into hardware, also called firmware.

For egs, your handheld Palmtop runs on embedded software.

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So what does one use to program this embedded software ? Is Windows CE 3.0 a kind of embedded OS ?

Andyrau
 
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You typically use a cross-compiler. This is a compiler that runs (usually on a Windows PC), and produces code that will only run on the target platform.

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