Firmware

Word FIRMWARE
Character 8
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Definitions and meanings of "Firmware"

What do we mean by firmware?

Software stored in a computer's ROM. noun

Something in-between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on. noun

Software for embedded computers. noun

(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory noun

Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.

Software intended for such embedded computer applications.

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The word "firmware" in example sentences

To those shoppers confused about the difference between hardware and software, "firmware" is probably scary enough to get them to shell out $30. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can imagine a situation where some new firmware is available but where the operator may not want to do a mass push, in this case it could be available with client initiated FOTA. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Update of PERC firmware is needed for getting anything out of your new Ubuntu 8.04. ❋ Ante Karamati (2008)

What you described re the reverse-engineered firmware is exactly how IBM lost control of the original personal computer market way back in the early 1980s. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fact is, until the 1.1.3 firmware is successfully hacked by the resourceful iPhone hackers, you can still enjoy all of the features the update is bringing and more with your jailbroken iPhone. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The firmware is GPLed and can be freely hacked, too. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sony firmware PSP update p2p news/p2pnet: - Sony PSP firmware is already being downgraded by users. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The iPod 1. x firmware is simply not capable of using Talking Panda. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The iPod firmware is an extremely closed environment and I was lucky that I was able to get the kind of integration that I did. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It’s almost a dependable cycle – Market forces require AT&T to upgrade their network, it doesn’t work well, there are coverage holes and configuration problems, I get buggy firmware from the modem manufacturer, and have very unhappy users, and it takes us a year to work everything out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just like any other piece of code, the iPhone’s firmware is protected by the Copyright Act, and circumventing the access controls in place to get at that code is a violation of the DMCA. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It’s produced by a company from Holland called Endless Ideas, and it supports plenty of formats, has a battery that last basically forever, and its firmware is open source, so it’s constantly being updated to suit the users’ needs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I want to install the firmware from the original CD (100.100.100), but I can’t! ❋ Unknown (2006)

They also approved an "upgrade" to a newer version of the software inside the machines (aka firmware), which LHS claimed was required for the Accuvotes to read the newly designed ballots. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Much the same could be said of firmware, which is truly remarkable when you think of it. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Hackers can't circumvent the thermal breaker, which is set up to prevent overheating or combustion, by manipulating a printer's so-called firmware, Hewlett-Packard said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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