Original: For example, handheld computers share some elements with embedded systems such as the operating systems and microprocessors which power them, but they allow different applications to be loaded and peripherals to be connected.
Simplified: For example, Mobile devices share some elements with embedded systems â "such as the operating systems and microprocessors which runs them â" but are not truly embedded systems, because they allow different applications to be loaded and peripherals to be connected like general-purpose computers.