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    Firmware

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:43 pm
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    Software (programs or data) that has been written onto read-only memory (ROM). Firmware is a combination of software and hardware. ROMs, PROMs and EPROMs that have data or programs recorded on them are firmware.

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