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minus-squareMarmaladeMermaid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCan someone ELI5 what firmware actually is though? I kind of knew it was half way between, but i don’t know what that looks like.
minus-squarefuzzybee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHardware is the physical part of computer. Software is the code that runs on the computer to do the thing you want to do. Firmware is the code that is installed on the hardware itself, usually in some sort of permanent or semi-permanent memory to make the hardware work.
Can someone ELI5 what firmware actually is though? I kind of knew it was half way between, but i don’t know what that looks like.
Hardware is the physical part of computer.
Software is the code that runs on the computer to do the thing you want to do.
Firmware is the code that is installed on the hardware itself, usually in some sort of permanent or semi-permanent memory to make the hardware work.