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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles containing potentially dated statements, Instruction processing, BIOS, Firmware, Central processing unit
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firmware  microcode  Firm ware  Firmware level  flashing
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(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory WordNet 3.0
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In processor design, microcode serves as an intermediary layer situated between the central processing unit hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of a computer, also known as its machine code. Wikipedia
In computing, firmware is a specific class of computer software that provides the low-level control for a device's specific hardware. Wikipedia
Software that is embedded in a hardware device Wikipedia Disambiguation
Computer software that provides the low-level control for a device's specific hardware Wikidata
The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions. Wiktionary