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Real-time applications cover a wide range, but many real-time systems are embedded. An embedded system is a computer built into a system and not acknowledged by the user as being a computer. Embedded systems are also typically dedicated systems. In other words, systems that are designed to perform a dedicated function. The following list shows just a few examples of embedded systems:

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Aerospace

•  Flight management systems

•  Jet engine controls

•  Weapons systems

Audio

•  MP3 players

•  Amplifiers and tuners

Automotive

•  Antilock braking systems

•  Climate control

•  Engine controls

•  Navigation systems (GPS)

Communications

•  Routers

•  Switches

•  Cell phones

Computger peripherals

•  Printers

•  Scanners

Domestic

•  Air conditioning units

•  Thermostats

•  White goods

Office automation

•  FAX machines / copiers

Process control

•  Chemical plants

•  Factory automation

•  Food processing

Robots

Video

•  Broadcasting equipment

•  HD Televisions

And many more

Real-time systems are typically more complicated to design, debug, and deploy than non-real-time systems.