"Windows Embedded Compact" is the ARM-compatible version formally called Windows CE.
"Windows Embedded Standard" is a stripped-down version of regular Windows 7, but still with the same kernel.
This distinction could warrant an entire article by itself. Along the lines of Server Core, MinWin and other efforts to disentangle all the complex inter-dependencies within the OS, what's possible now with Windows Embedded Standard is really very interesting. It can be stripped down drastically in size, boot from a flash drive, but still run full-version popular apps with all the networking bells and whistles. Or it could boot from a DVD as an appliance OS, such as for a firewall, proxy server, print server, etc. We've been able to do this with Linux for years (LiveCD) but it'll be great if we can modify Windows Embedded Standard to do the same without much hassle or licensing restraints.
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