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  2. Story within a story - Wikipedia

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    A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story (within the first one). [1] Multiple layers of stories within stories are sometimes called nested stories .

  3. Embeddedness - Wikipedia

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    This difference in types of economy is explained by the 'embeddedness' of economic (i.e. provisioning) activities in other social institutions such as kinship in non-market economies. Rather than being a separate and distinct sphere, the economy is embedded in both economic and non-economic institutions.

  4. Embedded system - Wikipedia

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    An embedded system on a plug-in card with processor, memory, power supply, and external interfaces. An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.

  5. Frame story - Wikipedia

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    A frame story (also known as a frame tale, frame narrative, sandwich narrative, or intercalation) is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

  6. Center embedding - Wikipedia

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    One can tell if a sentence is center embedded or edge embedded depending on where the brackets are located in the sentence. [Joe believes [Mary thinks [John is handsome.]]] The cat [that the dog [that the man hit] chased] meowed. In sentence (1), all of the brackets are located on the right, so this sentence is right-embedded.

  7. Embedded software - Wikipedia

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    Embedded software is computer software, written to control machines or devices that are not typically thought of as computers, commonly known as embedded systems. It is typically specialized for the particular hardware that it runs on and has time and memory constraints. [1] This term is sometimes used interchangeably with firmware. [2]

  8. Embedding - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, an embedding (or imbedding [1]) is one instance of some mathematical structure contained within another instance, such as a group that is a subgroup.. When some object is said to be embedded in another object , the embedding is given by some injective and structure-preserving map :.

  9. Embedded database - Wikipedia

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    Empress Embedded Database is a full-function, relational database that has been embedded into applications by organizations small to large, with deployment environments including medical systems, network routers, nuclear power plant monitors, satellite management systems, and other embedded system applications that require reliability and power ...