If your search was "votin", you almost certainly meant voting — and specifically the question of what kind of computer sits behind a voting machine, an electronic ballot unit, a polling-booth kiosk or an election results terminal. The short answer: voting and election equipment is usually driven by a small, fanless industrial computer rather than a consumer desktop, because it has to run for long hours in dust, heat and unpredictable power conditions, and it has to stay electrically and mechanically stable for years without anyone opening the case.
Why Voting Systems Use Industrial Computers
Voting hardware sits at the intersection of three requirements that office PCs handle badly. First, continuous duty: polling stations and counting centres
