Unlike the more powerful general purpose computing device such as the personal computer or, more recently, the smartphone, embedded devices are typically things like cars or thermostats which are only given a limited amount of computing power and memory to accomplish specific tasks.

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Smart Album is useful tool which allows users to easily search for a specific image they have saved on their memory card.

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They're diagnosing more serious conditions--such as cancer, immune-system disorders and memory loss--that have been linked to specific mycotoxins.

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The UK Register includes documentary heritage which holds cultural significance specific to the UK. The Register is part of the UNESCO Memory of the World programme, which helps promotes outstanding documentary heritage around the globe.

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Rather than memories that have to go to a specific address and step and fetch it, they can address databases in memory through similar content methods.

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The specific component Pebble uses, however, is Sharp's 1.26-inch Memory LCD.

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Nominations are being sought for documentary heritage which holds cultural significance specific to the UK. As part of the second round of nominations to the UK Memory of the World Register anyone can make a nomination and all archive formats are eligible, including digital and audiovisual.

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The limited camera (a rather basic 5 megapixel autofocus unit with an LED flash) and a paltry 4GB of onboard storage (mitigated by the 8S supporting a MicroSD for memory expansion) point to a device that has been built to carrier specifications and a specific price point.

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Det Ch Insp Sean Memory, who is leading the search at that site, said officers had received "relatively specific" information from a man held in connection with Miss O'Callaghan's death but that no remains had yet been found.

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