firmware update

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meaningsoffirmwareandupdate

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firmware
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɜːm.weər/us
/ˈfɝːm.wer/
a set of instructions that form part of an electronic device and allow it to communicate with a computer or with other ...
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update
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʌp.deɪt/us
/ˈʌp.deɪt/
an act of updating something or someone with ...
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Key areas improved include the camera's autofocus accuracy and speed, as well as new features such as focus peaking in the latest 3.0firmwareupdate.
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In 2010 afirmwareupdateadded vastly improved openwater swimming metrics.
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Afirmwareupdateintroduced wear levelling which avoids the heads dwelling too long over the same area thereby reducing the potential for head crashes.
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In fact, we painlessly delivered afirmwareupdateto everyone.
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With the 4.5firmwareupdate, browsing performance was further improved.
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A laterfirmwareupdateprovided a much quicker start-up time and interface.
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Hiro is later able to apply afirmwareupdate, and uses it until its ammunition supply is depleted.
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There is no reduction in price for phones lacking these features and afirmwareupdatewill not bring them back because the hardware itself is missing.
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Some motherboard manufacturers are also allowing such updates to be performed without the need for entering system'sfirmwareupdatecomponent, making it possible to easily recover systems with corrupted firmwares.
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Sony has announced a futurefirmwareupdatefor their players to fix this incompatibility issue.
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The uplink can be used for camera control, triggering and firmware updates.
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Once an exploit is discovered, a custom recovery image can be flashed which will skip the digital signature check of firmware updates.
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Since the launch of the camera, there have been 8 firmware updates to fix bugs, improve the camera's performance and add new features.
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All firmware updates are backwards-compatible; that is, all games that work on firmware 1.5 will work on firmware 2.0, and so on.
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Firmware updates are incompatible with a non-executable /tmp directory, a commonly employed security setting.
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This feature later caused problems, since some older devices would require firmware updates to handle larger capacity cards.
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Firmware updates are also occasionally available for the player itself, by way of a similar method.
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The firmware updates have fixed some bugs, and made minor changes in operation.
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Firmware updates that attempted to fix the problem were released, but some users still reported problems.
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This allows players running on general purpose computers to emulate any specific model of player, potentially by simply downloading firmware updates for the players being emulated.
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