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| − | '''Firmware''' is the name for a [[program]] which is embedded in a particular system/device. It is usually distributed in [[binary]] form, in a [[read-only memory|ROM]] of some sort in/on the device/system | + | '''Firmware''' is the name for a [[program]] which is embedded in a particular system/device. It is usually distributed in [[binary]] form, in a [[read-only memory|ROM]] of some sort in/on the device/system. |
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 13 December 2018
Firmware is the name for a program which is embedded in a particular system/device. It is usually distributed in binary form, in a ROM of some sort in/on the device/system.
The term is usually applied to object code for a CPU of some sort (typically a microprocessor), but it might also be microcode.
