Appliance Explained
Appliance may refer to:
Electrical equipment and machinery
- Computer appliance, a computing device with a specific function and limited configuration ability, e.g.:
- Storage appliance, provides storage functionality for multiple attached systems using the transparent local storage area networks paradigm
- Anti-spam appliances, detect and eliminate e-mail spam
- Firewall (computing), a computer appliance designed to protect computer networks from unwanted traffic
- Network appliance, a general purpose router (computing)
- Security appliance, a computer appliance designed to protect computer networks from unwanted traffic
- Software appliance, a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system (JeOS) for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware
- Virtual appliance, a pre-configured virtual machine image, ready to run on a hypervisor
- Home appliance, a household machine that uses electricity or some other energy input which includes MVHR units
- Small appliance, also called a small domestic appliance or small electric, a portable or semi-portable machine, generally used on a table top, counter top, or other platform, to accomplish a household task
- Major appliance, or domestic appliance, a large machine used for routine a housekeeping task
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Appliance (band), a British musical group
- Appliance, a motion pictures industry term for a latex piece, such as false ears or other features, used by make-up artists
Fire safety
Healthcare
- Appliance, in medicine and dentistry, a device custom-fitted to an individual for the purpose of correction of a physical or dental problem, e.g.:
