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Can anyone tell me what is a firmware, what it does?
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Posted: 2004-02-12 08:28:20
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Firmware = Software
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Posted: 2004-02-12 08:31:46
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firmware:
1. Software that is embedded in a hardware device that allows reading and executing the software, but does not allow modification, e.g., writing or deleting data by an end user.
Note 1: An example of firmware is a computer program in a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit chip. A hardware configuration is usually used to represent the software.
Note 2: Another example of firmware is a program embedded in an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chip, which program may be modified by special external hardware, but not by an application program.
2. [A] program recorded in permanent or semipermanent computer memory.
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Posted: 2004-02-12 08:42:18
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So Firmware = Software
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Posted: 2004-02-12 11:51:51
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yeah, in simple terms, but I did think
this gave a good description of what its called firmware rather than software
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Posted: 2004-02-12 11:57:16
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Its like windows or linux or unix or.... for computers!
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Posted: 2004-02-12 12:00:11
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If you are going to compare with a PC then I would say its more like the a cross between the BIOS (which is stored in a memory chip) and the operating system (which is stored on the hard drive).
But in principal firmware is only stored in a memory chip so that the user cannot change it whereas with PCs its quite easy to make changes to the operating system
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Posted: 2004-02-12 12:08:08
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BIOS is EEPROM, therefore firmware
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Posted: 2004-02-15 00:27:00
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