sulautetuista

Sulautetuista is a Finnish inflected form of the participle adjective sulautettu, meaning embedded, integrated or fused into a larger system. In Finnish technical writing it describes components, devices or software that are not standalone but are designed to operate as part of a bigger whole. The form sulautetuista appears in phrases that indicate a relation from multiple embedded items, such as sulautetuista järjestelmistä or sulautetuista laitteista, meaning from embedded systems or from embedded devices.

In grammar, sulautettu can function as an attributive adjective (for example, sulautettu prosessori – embedded processor) or as a substantive in plural forms. The plural elative form sulautetuista is commonly used when the sentence expresses origin or source from several embedded items, for instance “sulautetuista järjestelmistä” (from embedded systems). The word is predominantly found in technology, electronics, automotive, and software contexts where devices and software are designed to operate within a larger platform.

Related terms and concepts include embedded systems, embedded software, and integrated hardware. The Finnish vocabulary for this concept is specialized and widely used in engineering, product documentation, and industry literature. While sulautettu and its forms can be found in everyday language, the precise sense of “embedded” is typically clarified by the surrounding technical context to distinguish it from other meanings of sulautua, such as to melt or fuse in a non-technical sense.

See also: embedded systems, embedded software, Finnish technical vocabulary.