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Firmware

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Computer programming instructions that are stored in a read-only memory unit rather than being implemented through software.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Something in-between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.

n. Software for embedded computers.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory

Word Usage

"You can imagine a situation where some new firmware is available but where the operator may not want to do a mass push, in this case it could be available with client initiated FOTA."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

computer code code

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hardware microcode microprocessor kernel calibration