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firmware definition - telecom
Software programs that are stored in a computer's read-only memory (ROM), where they are available for instantaneous use. Firmware is hard-coded and stored on a silicon chip and, therefore, is not affected by loss of electrical power, hence the term firm. See also grayware, hardware, and software.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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