Chuck,

> What is an "embedded server?"

See the file 'readme' inside the zip. :-)

> What is a "RC?"

Release Candidate. Firebird 1.5 is on Release Candidate stage (a stage after
alpha and beta, just prior to a Final Release - small bugs to catch and new
features closed).

> I guess what I really want for the users of the utility that I'm creating

is not

> to have FB loaded and running whenever their computer is booted, like IB

does

> for a program I use associated with a medical device I use. Does the

embedded

> server allow for this?

Even better. :-) Read the file!

Artur