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firmware (dict)

Firmware

• the BIOS found in personal computers,
• Open Firmware, used in Apple Macintosh computers,
• the computer program in a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit (A hardware configuration is usually used to represent the software.),
• the erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chip, whose program may be modified by special external hardware, but not by an application program.

See also

• Microprogram
• Flash memory

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