Appliance
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Appliance may refer to:
- Home applianceHome applianceHome appliances are electrical/mechanical machines which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking or cleaning. Home appliances can be classified into:*Major appliances, or White goods*Small appliances, or Brown goods...
, household machines, using electricity or some other energy input- Small applianceSmall applianceSmall appliance refers to a class of home appliances that are portable or semi-portable or which are used on tabletops, countertops, or other platforms in the United States of America...
s - Major applianceMajor applianceA major appliance, or domestic appliance, is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, or food preservation, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting...
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- Small appliance
- In medicine and dentistry, custom-fitted appliances to an individual for the purpose of correction of a physical or dental problem such as:
- A prosthesisProsthesisIn medicine, a prosthesis, prosthetic, or prosthetic limb is an artificial device extension that replaces a missing body part. It is part of the field of biomechatronics, the science of using mechanical devices with human muscle, skeleton, and nervous systems to assist or enhance motor control...
- An orthotic applianceOrthoticsOrthotics is a specialty within the medical field concerned with the design, manufacture and application of orthoses. An orthosis is an orthopedic device that supports or corrects the function of a limb or the torso...
- dental braces
- A prosthesis
- Computer applianceComputer applianceA computer appliance is generally a separate and discrete hardware device with integrated software , specifically designed to provide a specific computing resource. These devices became known as "appliances" because of their similarity to home appliances, which are generally "closed and sealed" –...
, a computing device with a specific function and limited configuration ability - Software applianceSoftware applianceA software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware or in a virtual machine....
, software application combined with just enough operating system (JeOS) - Fire apparatusFire apparatusA fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment...
, a fire engine or fire truck in British English - In film, a term for latex pieces, such as false ears or other features, used by make-up artists
- ApplianceAppliance (band)Appliance were an experimental post-rock three piece made up of James Brooks , David Ireland and Michael Parker . Original bass player Stuart Christie left in 1995 to form Harmony 400....
, a British musical group