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[filmscanners] RE: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners Digest for Fri 9 Aug,2002-Firnware
> > What is firmware?
>
> Software that rarely changes. Usually it is recorded in non-volatile but
> erasable memory
Oh, Anthony...
Firmware CAN be put in memory that IS NOT erasable, such as embedded in an
IC, or in, what's called a "mask programmed PROM" or in OTP (One Time
Programmable) microprocessors...to name a few. All these are NOT erasable.
I believe a more succinct definition is "firmware is software that is
embedded in hardware", and is not dynamically loaded from a hard disk etc.
The BIOS in your computer is considered "firmware".
Austin
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