FIRMWARE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory

Synonyms:

firmware; microcode

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("firmware" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)