• HiddenLayer5
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    1 year ago

    Rule of thumb: Firmware is essentially software that can break the hardware if something goes wrong.

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      1 year ago

      I always think of it as software that’s saved on the hardware. But I guess technically all software is saved on hardware, but firmware is saved on hardware that’s different from the hardware you normally save it on.

      But maybe your definition is better.