 My OysterCard Whinge
In message <6e6p6uF5ie2mU1@mid.>, at 18:24:55 on Wed, 16
Jul 2008, tim..... <tims_new_home.uk> remarked:
>> Microcode is Software, but it probably also counts as Firmware (which is
>> simply that subset of built-in software performing certain low-level
>> functions).
>
>I would suggest that it is that subset of software that is hardcoded, one
>time only, into a device to perform a specific function (low level or
>otherwise).
Lots of firmware is upgradeable, and specific-function software like
Windows, when supplied in ROM for a low-cost laptop, isn't Firmware.
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Roland Perry |