firm·ware
(fûrm′wâr′)n. Software stored in a computer's ROM.
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firmware
(ˈfɜːmˌwɛə) n (Computer Science) computing a fixed form of software programmed into a read-only memory
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firm•ware
(ˈfɜrmˌwɛər)
n. software stored on a ROM chip.
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| Noun | 1. | firmware - (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memorycomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
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