On Jun 9, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Bill Spencer wrote:
So what is "firmware?" Apparently it's not software or hardware, or wetware
(as a former co-worker called one's brain), let alone silverware...
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.
How Apple handles firmware will make you very gals you are not using windooze. Want a scary experience, just Google the word firmware it comes back with over 300,000 hits and most of them are discussions of firmware updates and various issues with windooze devices, mobos, etc..
Jack Russell
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