sentences:  The terms "Computer-on-Module" and "COM" were coined by market researcher Venture Development Corp (VDC) and first appeared in VDC's report on the Global Market for Merchant Computer Boards in Real-time and Embedded Applications, published in November 2001.The terms became more prominent upon industry standardization of the COM Express format in 2005.There is no clear "first Computer-on-Module" product, since numerous small component-like single board computers were already on the market when VDC initially introduced the term.