Firmware

n. program that is permanently stored in the electronic circuit boards of a computer or in the ROM and cannot be changed by a user

In computing, firmware is a computer program that is embedded in a hardware device, for example a microcontroller. It can also be provided on flash ROMs or as a binary image file that can be uploaded onto existing hardware by a user.As its name suggests, firmware is somewhere between hardware and software. Like software, it is a computer program which is executed by a computer. But it is also an intimate and vital part of a piece of hardware, and has little meaning outside of that particular hardware.
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Noun
1. (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
(synonym) microcode
(hypernym) code, computer code
(classification) computer science, computing

n. firmware, program that is permanently stored in the electronic circuit boards of a computer or in the ROM and cannot be changed by a user

n. firmware, program that is permanently stored in the electronic circuit boards of a computer or in the ROM and cannot be changed by a user