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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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

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. (188 ) 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.