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Firmware is stored in read only memory (it can be reprogrammed, but it’s not like a disk drive) and runs at a lower level than software. It’s typically used to interact directly with hardware. As an example a hard drive has a small computer in it running firmware. It’s what actually reads and writes stuff on the drive. It then send the information to the computer.
Here’s an example of software vs driver vs firmware for saving a word doc
Software: Microsoft word, a word processing software.
Driver: a piece of software on the computer that knows how to talk to hard drives
Firmware: the program that runs the hardrives internals.
When you save, the software users the driver to tell the hardrive what to save. The firmware on the drive then controls the mechanisms responsible for physically writing the information on the disk.
Firmware is just the name for a software program or code that is meant to “run” or directly interact with physical hardware. It usually does so at very basic levels. Think about it as the the software that other software talks to when it wants to interact with a piece of hardware
Software is just a large generic term for various types of programs
Software is stuff programmed on a computer. Generally, software can be changed or deleted. Firmware is information saved on a device that is never meant to be changed or deleted. Usually, firmware has to do with the absolute most basic functions of a device.
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