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02/26/08 16:20
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 		 #151488 - It depends on where it lives
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Andy Neil said:
Ap Charles said:
we can call chimps our closest ancestors.

No, we can't.

That's a dumbed-down statement for the popular media.

If you follow the theory of evolution, what you should say is that chimps are our closest realtives, and that we share a common ancestor:


Primates
+-----------------------------+
| |
| +--------+ +--------+ |
| | Humans | | Chimps | |
| +--------+ +--------+ |
| |
+-----------------------------+

That is quite different from saying that firmware is a subset of software - which is how both Wikipedia and I describe it:
Software
+-----------------------------+
| |
| +----------+ |
| | Firmware | |
| +----------+ |
| |
+-----------------------------+




IMHO, if you haven't any physical mass-storage, rather than electronically programmable memory, you've got no software. Viewed from that standpoint, software and firmware are mutually exclusive. After all, firmware is executed from nonvolatile memory while software is executed from volatile memory. Firmware bits are present in the circuit when the power is off, while software is not. Firmware resides on media from which it can be executed directly, while software does not.

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List of 29 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Difference between Software and Firmware ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   I would circumvent the issue by requesting            01/01/70 00:00      
      that IS the problem with Wikipedia            01/01/70 00:00      
      Wikipedia            01/01/70 00:00      
          Do you call chimpanze is a type of human being            01/01/70 00:00      
            Taxonomically-challenged!            01/01/70 00:00      
               subject to interpretation ... I guess ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Genetically distinct            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Too much TV            01/01/70 00:00      
                     both terms are coined to have different meanins            01/01/70 00:00      
                     It depends on where it lives            01/01/70 00:00      
                        It does happen to be the same as mine.            01/01/70 00:00      
                           So what is your opinion            01/01/70 00:00      
                              You're Joking, right?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Confusion is still prevailing            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    no confusion            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       But its a matter of understanding            01/01/70 00:00      
                        RE:            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Yes, I've used those, too.            01/01/70 00:00      
            I am so far behind, I haven't eevn started            01/01/70 00:00      
               Erik take this into account while you post            01/01/70 00:00      
   Semantic quibbling            01/01/70 00:00      
      if only there was one            01/01/70 00:00      
      Wikipedia is too "politically correct"            01/01/70 00:00      
         How does Wikipedia prevent corrections?            01/01/70 00:00      
         This sort of thing is not particularly helpful...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Actually            01/01/70 00:00      
            How does IEEE standard distinguishes the two            01/01/70 00:00      
            very first "real" computer program            01/01/70 00:00      

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