![]() ![]() There is a low-level set of pre-boot software that initializes hardware, authenticates the OS and then boots the OS. When mobile phones started supporting apps (so-called “feature” phones), there was a distinction between the apps and the firmware (which was everything else).īut a modern smart phones and tablets are far more like computers than appliances. They supported phone calls, texting and maybe a few basic built-in apps, but nothing else. For bigger things like computers, it usually refers to things like the BIOS/EFI/BootROM code - software that is not stored on primary storage (hard drive, SSD, etc.)įor mobile phones, the term used to be perfectly appropriate because the original mobile phones were fixed-function. For small embedded devices like appliances, it contains all of the device’s software. ![]() We’re suffering from historical usage becoming increasingly wrong over time.įirmware generally refers to low-level code burned into a device’s ROM (or more commonly today, flash). ![]()
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