A machine that can perform many different functions for everyday use
A topographic map is a general purpose map.
general purpose, as it can be programmed to perform any special purpose task.
No, a personal computer is an example of a general-purpose computer. The computer in a VCR is designed for the specific purpose of operating the VCR.
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In a modern washing machine, the wash, rinse and spin cycles are controlled by special purpose (embedded) computers.
For the sake of producing a high volume of casualties on the battlefield. Even today, they serve the same function - in a US Army light infantry platoon, for example, the two medium/general purpose machine guns account for 70% of that platoon's overall firepower.
The M60 general purpose machine gun has an overall length of 43.5 inches (1,105 millimeters).
M-60 is a belt fed, air cooled, general purpose machine gun.
The M60 general purpose machine gun is chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge.
informal; Machine, example heart, lungs and liver is known as The Heart - Lung Machine.
ð An embedded system is differ from the general purpose in the view of their purpose. The general purpose computers are the computers that are designed to perform many operations and which can be reconfigured for a new purpose where as an embedded is designed only meant for one purpose.ð An embedded system has a self-contained operating system on a "chip" hence embedded into the system and does not depend on having a hard disk with the operating system on it, whereas in the general purpose computer an operating system need to be present in the hard disk.ð Example for an embedded system is a portable music player; example for general purpose computer is PCs.
General purpose software is capable of doing many different things, like a spreadsheet or a word processor. Specialised software has been designed for a very specific purpose and is often completely unique, like software to control a particular machine.