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The '''Operating System Embedded''' (known mostly by the [[acronym]] '''Enea OSE''') is a [[real-time operating system|real-time]] [[embedded operating system]] created by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] information technology company [[ENEA AB]]. [[Bengt Eliasson]], who at the time was a consultant from ENEA with an assignment at [[Ericsson]], wrote the basic parts of the [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]]. The early version for the [[Zilog Z80]] processor was named OS80.

Enea OSE is one of the most widely used [[RTOS]]es in the world. According to mobile analyst firm, VisionMobile, OSE has been deployed in over 1.75 billion mobile handsets, as of the end of June 2010.<ref>{{citecitation web |url=http://www.100millionclub.com |title=100 Million Club: Winners and losers in the OS Arena |author=Kapetanakis, Matos |date=3 April 2011 |publisher=VisionMobile Ltdneeded}}</ref> Enea OSE is shipped in hundreds of millions of mobile phones each year and over half of the world's 3G base stations.<ref>[http://www.enea.com/33494.epibrw Leader in Communicationscitation Softwareneeded]</ref>

== Architecture and abilities ==