A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.. Appliances are divided into three types: small appliances;; major appliances, or white goods;; and consumer electronics, or brown goods.; This categorization is reflected in the ...

Electrical equipment and machinery. Computer appliance, a computing device with a specific function and limited configuration ability, e.g.: . Storage appliance, provides storage functionality for multiple attached systems using the transparent local storage area networks paradigm; Anti-spam appliances, detect and eliminate e-mail spam; Firewall (computing), a computer …