Embedded may refer to:

• Embedding, one instance of some mathematical object contained within another instance
• Embedded system, a special-purpose system in which the computer is completely encapsulated by the device it controls
• In computers, embedding media into a text document, forming a compound document
• Embedded journalist, a journalist working within and under the control of one side's army in a military conflict
• Embedded (play), a play by Tim Robbins about embedded journalists covering military conflict in the US-Iraq war of 2002/2004
• Distributed generation, also known as embedded generation or decentralised generation