What does embed mean?

Question

What does embed mean?

Answer 1

embed Implies the inclusion of elements and data into a computer file necessary to maintain or change the elements when used remotely.

Answer 2

Embedded or embedding may refer to:

    * Embedding, one instance of some mathematical object contained within another instance

          o Graph embedding

    * Embedded system, a special-purpose system in which the computer is completely encapsulated by the device it controls

    * In computers, embedding media into a text document, forming a compound document

    * Embedded journalist, a journalist working within and under the control of one side's army in a military conflict

    * Embedded (play), by Tim Robbins about embedded journalists covering military conflict in the US-Iraq war

    * Embedded (album), a 2004 album by Mark Seymour

    * Distributed generation, also known as embedded generation or decentralised generation

    * Center embedding, a linguistic term for a recursive nesting of an element in the middle of a similar element

    * A subordinate clause is sometimes referred to as an embedded clause.

    * In building construction, may refer to a means of providing support or reinforcement, such as structural steel items embedded in a concrete pour.

Ron