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Examples of firmware include:

• the BIOS found in personal computers,
• Open Firmware, used in Apple Macintosh computers,
• the computer program in a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit chip (A hardware configuration is usually used to represent the software.),
• the erasable programmable read-only memoryAn Erasable programmable read-only memory EPROM is a computer memory chip which is normally read only, but can be erased and then re-programmed. There are two main types: #UV erasable, these have a window in the middle of the package. Shining ultraviolet (EPROM) chip, whose program may be modified by special external hardware, but not by an application program.

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See also

• MicroprogramA microprogram is a program consisting of microcode that controls the different parts of a computer's central processing unit ( CPU). The memory in which it resides is called a control store. Complex microprograms were typical of mainframe computers, such
• Flash memoryFlash memory is a form of EEPROM that allows multiple memory locations to be erased or written in one programming operation. Normal EEPROM only allows one location at a time to be erased or written, meaning that flash can operate at higher effective speed