Software that is embedded in a hardware device that allows reading and executing the software, but does not allow modification, e.g., writing or deleting data by an end user . ( 188 ) Note 1: An example of firmware is a computer program in a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit chip . A hardware configuration is usually used to represent the software. Note 2: Another example of firmware is a program embedded in an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chip, which program may be modified by special external hardware, but not by an application program.
FIRMWARE
Meaning of FIRMWARE in English
Telecommunication standard terms English vocab. Английский словарь стандартных телекоммуникационных терминов. 2012