On 10/24/07, Robert Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen statements of embedded code or an embedded picture.
In what context? You may have been looking at something referring to Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), which is a type of inter-process communication on Windows (like when you embed an Excel spreadsheet or Visio diagram in a Word document). You can embed code into Excel or Access reports also (usually VisualBASIC), that gets run everytime you open the report. JavaScript is also an example of embedded code -- code that is embedded into a HTML page that gets run everytime the page is loaded. This kind of code has been notorious for security exploitations... something as simple as an email that runs embedded code when opened can cause all kinds of havoc. > Brett McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On > 10/24/07, Robert Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > what does it mean when a program is embedded > > If you are talking about an embedded system, this is hardware that is > used as controller for other hardware, like a car, a nuclear reactor, > a digital mixer, or whatever. The computer hardware typically doesn't > use an operating system like Windows. Programming for such hardware is > different than programming in C on a 'hosted' system like your PC, > since you will typically have much more limited memory, no filesystem, > and in many cases, a reduced instruction set. > > I'm sure a search on Wikipedia or Google will lead you to more > information than you ever wanted on the topic. > > -- Brett > ---------------------------------------------------------- > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; > If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi
