Hmm. Essentially, it works like this: When you're putting together a Windows CE device, you can sort of pick and choose what parts of the operating system go into it ... Sort of like the Custom Installation option on some programs you might have installed. Someone building, say, a wireless router might need to install a web server so you could configure it through your web browser, but would have no need for, say, the visual display driver or Pocket Word. Similarly, a PDA might need the visual display, Pocket Outlook and Windows Media Player, but wouldn't have much use for the web server, while a video game system wouldn't need file management programs like File Explorer, but might need advanced graphics and multimedia that wouldn't be needed on a wireless router or a PDA. Allowing companies to pick and choose what parts of Windows CE they include in their device cuts down on the amount of memory used by the operating system for parts that aren't used.
HTH, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:25 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] msn messenger > > > So, Windows CE is component-based? What does that mean? I > didn't know that. > What does component-based mean? > > Josh > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/bra> illenote >
