The term embedded is typically used when talking about software hidden within a hardware appliance in a manner not normally seen. See "What 'embedding' means".
Software within your television, VCR, CD, MP3, DVD players, microwave, or router are all examples of some degree of embedding.
Tcl is frequently used for embedded systems.
Where is Tcl Embedded?
- Cisco IOS
- User Interface is a Tcl interpreter
- F5 Networks
- iRules scripts are Tcl scripts
- COMPANY: TiVo Inc.
- Tcl is embedded in TiVo's digital video recorder system TiVO. See also TivoWeb
- VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics
Where is Jim Embedded?
- jimvim ,by Mark Janssen
Tcl in other Embedded Applications
- TclScript
- an Active Script interface for Tcl
- appbox , by Roy Keene
- the base of a modular application delivery system, built on a Linux kernel where init is a Tcl interpreter.
- etlinux
- an embedded Linux distribution that uses Tcl for everything from init up
RFox: Software embedded in devices that is not expected to be user configured is sometimes called (by me): "toasterware"