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Can firmware operate by itself

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8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

No, firmware is just software stored in read only memory(ROM) and must be fetched and executed by the central processing unit (CPU) like any other software. Firmware has the advantage that it will always be loaded on the computer even after power was turned off and back on, but has the disadvantage that it cannot be updated or corrected when problems are found because ROM cannot be written to.

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