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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>firmware</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fireworks-mode.html" title="fireworks mode"/><link rel="next" href="fish.html" title="fish"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">firmware</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fireworks-mode.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="fish.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="firmware"/><dt xmlns="" id="firmware"><b>firmware</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ferm<72>weir/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Embedded software contained in EPROM or flash memory. It isn't quite
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hardware, but at least doesn't have to be loaded from a disk like regular
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software. Hacker usage differs from straight techspeak in that hackers
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don't normally apply it to stuff that you can't possibly get at, such as
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the program that runs a pocket calculator. Instead, it implies that the
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firmware could be changed, even if doing so would mean opening a box and
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plugging in a new chip. A computer's BIOS is the classic example, although
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nowadays there is firmware in disk controllers, modems, video cards and
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even CD-ROM drives.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fireworks-mode.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="fish.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fireworks mode<64></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>fish</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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