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Embedded systems are computer systems embedded into complete devices, whose dedicated functions reside within a larger mechanical or electrical system. Typically used in both industrial and consumer applications, embedded systems are entering the limelight with the Internet of Things (IoT). For developers just getting started with IoT, this article is a guide for learning more about the technologies that comprise Oracle's IoT platform: Java ME 8, Java ME Embedded, Java SE Embedded, and Java Embedded Suite.

In 1991, Mark Weiser, then head of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), attempted to capture the coming age of ubiquitous computing. Noting that "[t]he most profund technologies are those that disappear," Weiser described the various thought and technical experiments conducted by his colleagues at PARC, as they sought a new way of thinking about computers as embedded systems. Their vision, which might have seemed as fantastic as a hovercraft in 1991, is quickly becoming more commonplace today:

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