Appliance

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Appliance may refer to a device with a narrow function:

• Home appliance, routine household tasks, using electricity or some other energy input.
  • Small appliances
  • Major appliances
• In medicine and dentistry, custom-fitted appliances to an individual for the purpose of correction of a physical or dental problem such as prosthetic, orthotic appliances, and dental braces.
• Computer appliance, a computing device with a specific function and limited configuration ability
• Fire apparatus, a fire engine or fire truck in British English

Networking of home appliances

Main article: Home automation

There is an increasing trend to network home appliances together, and combine their controls and key functions. For instance, energy distribution can be managed more evenly so that when the washing machine is on, the oven can go into a delayed start mode, or vice versa. Or, a washing machine and dryer may share information about load characteristics (gentle/normal, light/full), and synchronize their finish times so the wet laundry does not have to wait before being put in the dryer.

See also

• Domestic technology
• Domotics
• End user retro-engineering
• Smart Personal Objects Technology

External links

• When the world first Electric Home appliance was invented, web site with Japanese language by Hokkaidō Hakodatechubu High School, Personal computer research club. (ja:北海道函館中部高等学校)

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