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How does firmware differ from a software program stored on a hard drive?
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because firmware can never be erased because firmware can never be erased
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Explain firmware and why firmware is important to forensic investigations?
firmware is a technical name of computer and its accessories like window is a software and the harddisk that stored on computer is firmware.
What is firmware software?
Firmware is the combination of persistent memory and program code and data stored in it. Typical examples of devices containing firmware are traffic lights, consumer appliances, digital watches, computers, computer peripherals, mobile phones, and digital cameras. The firmware contained in these devices provides the control program for the device. Firmware is held in non-volatile memory devices such as ROM, EPROM, or flash memory.
What are Programs stored on rom chips are called?
Programs stored on ROM chips are called firmware. The motherboard stores the keyboard controller support program on the ROM chip.
What did Key Telephone Systems come out of?
KTSs evolved from wired logic and electromechanical operation to stored program or firmware control
Programs stored on ROM are known as?
Firmware
Can firmware operate by itself?
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.
Why was the software invented?
The invention of software (aka computer programs) was just one part of the invention of the stored program computer in the 1940s. Without it a stored program computer is no more than a very complex and expensive electrical heater!
Hardware and firmware?
Hardware is the mechanical components of a computer including physical RAM chips, CPU, Motherboard, disc drives.Software is the program material, stored on and used by the computer as instructions and data. Generally it can be copied, transferred and manipulated easily.Firmware is software that has been permanently stored on a computer memory chip. Generally the only way of transferring this data, is by moving the chip it is stored on. So you can 'plug in' new data.
When What software is used program files do not exist on the hard drive and no configuration data is stored on the hard drive?
Portable Software is used.
What software is used program files do not exist on the hard drive and no configuration data is stored on the hard drive?
Portable Software is used.
What is the difference between firmware and OS?
Firmware is a program that is stored on non-volatile memory on integrated circuits. Roughly speaking it is hard wired in and can not be changed without changing the components. OS (operating system) is simply the base program that allows your computer to work although this is a bit vague because MS Windows is usually called and operating system but it operates through DOS (disk operating system) which is also an operating system. The OS is usually stored on the hard drive. Your computer will have firmware that loads up the operating system when you switch it on.
Why is software called software?
The hard in computer hardware refers to a physical machine. Software is a program that is stored or running on that machine.
