Firmware Vs Software Reddit. I just did this today actually. Hardware is the physical components of a system that the software and firmware run on and that are updated least often if ever Software is the most temporary and malleable.
Latest stable and unmodified firmware. So basically firmware is low-level software that directly controls hardware andor runs on embedded appliances eg. Historically I thought of firmware is boot code of sorts something that gets base system peripherals setup as machine starts up.
My view is that firmware is one type of embedded software.
GPS units DVD players kitchen appliances etc. So basically firmware is low-level software that directly controls hardware andor runs on embedded appliances eg. Any program you use including the operating system is software. From there you can do the firmware update.