Hi,
the difference of firmware and drivers is the application of this piece of software.
The most electronic hardware only needs firmware to run basicly. E.G. a DVD-player needs firmware to know how to read a CD or DVD. But to have it accessed under a operating system like Windows you need a driver to access the CD or DVD or watch a movie.
To visualize: A car needs an engine to drive at all, but needs a person (driver!)to control it.
Cheers, Menno
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Firmware is software saved on a memory chip that can be executed at later times. Malware is malicious software that aims to corrupt your computer.
Firmware is the stuff that makes your computer what it is, for example the BIOS is firmware. The computer would be useless without the firmwear. Software is what makes the computer do what you want, such as a word processing program, music program or browser.
Firmware refers to the software that is embedded within a hardware device. Lineware on the other hand refers to a company that deals with software development.
device drivers
Drivers. Drivers is like a middle-ground between software and hardware. It takes input from software and translates them into instructions the hardware can understand. Firmware is the software that the hardware is already programmed. Firmware is what allows hardware to "think" for itself.
niku
Softwareis programs which can be installed and used by the user for a specific purpose. Firmware on the other hand is used by the computer system for maintenance and security purposes, an example for thisis Windows Update.
If you have a message up in the networking box that says firmware missing, you can probably download them and install them in a tarball. That's what I did with the Broadcom STA drivers.
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Hardware: is in your computer, if you wanted you could pick i up and touch it. Firmware: you cannot touch it, or modify it. windows update would be a good exampleo of firmare - you can choose what updates to install but you cannot move them, or delete them.
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