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Computer appliance

A computer appliance is a computer system with a combination of hardware, software, or firmware that is specifically designed to provide a particular computing resource. Such devices became known as appliances because of the similarity in role or management to a home appliance, which are generally closed and sealed, and are not serviceable by the user or…

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Types of appliances

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Appliances in industrial automation

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Consumer appliances

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Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approach

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Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approach

Types of appliances

Consumer appliances

Appliances in industrial automation

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Computer appliance

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples16
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Computer appliance

Top relations

related to Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approach · 6
Computer appliance → Customers, However, IoT, One, Security, The
related to Consumer appliances · 5
Computer appliance → Aside, Digital, NAS, These, Video
related to Types of appliances · 2
Computer appliance → Some, The
is a · 1
Computer appliance → computer system with a combination of hardware

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Important terminology

appliances appliance hardware software system computer automation operating applications application designed needed systems customers used computing devices virtual provide particular

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Computer applianceis acomputer system with a combination of hardware0.90text
IEC-1131.PIDinstance ofThey are configured through standardized programming languages0.80text
JMSinstance ofand communicate to business systems through database communication protocols0.80text
Computer appliancerelated to Consumer appliancesAside0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Consumer appliancesThese0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Consumer appliancesDigital0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Consumer appliancesNAS0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Consumer appliancesVideo0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approachThe0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approachCustomers0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approachOne0.60section
Computer appliancerelated to Tradeoffs of the computer appliance approachHowever0.60section

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