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Category of devices that work offline and rarely need to charge?


There is a set of consumer electronics that are functional offline and have a very long life on a single charge or batteries, from from weeks to more than a year. Something that needs nearly no maintainance or updates. A few examples: wrist watches, e-readers, calculators, digital organizers, handheld brick game, AlphaSmart Neo word processor, WikiReader, and many more.

Is there a common name that unites all those examples?


  👤 Memosyne Accepted Answer ✓
Maybe you're looking for the term microcontroller? [1]

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcontroller