1.   Rather than sell stand-alone products, RSA sells licensing rights to other companies, which embed RSA software into their products.

2.   Snaptrack embeds software in the phone that takes advantage of a specialized high-speed chip known as a digital signal processor, or DSP.

3.   Stamps.com says it has the better deal because its software will be embedded in the millions of promotional CDs that AOL distributes annually, Payne said.

4.   The software is embedded into microchips that are designed by companies like Intel and Hitachi.

5.   The software would be embedded in products made by the companies, so users would not have to purchase it separately.

6.   With Internet banks, that software is embedded in the Web page and is invisible to you.