Linux OS patch vs kernel patch vs firmware upgrade or BIOS upgrade
Can somebody explain the difference between a Linux OS patch, Linux kernel patch, vs a firmware upgrade or a BIOS upgrade?
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Can somebody explain the difference between a Linux OS patch, Linux kernel patch, vs a firmware upgrade or a BIOS upgrade?
linux bios firmware patch
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And microcode? (If I can extend the question)
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Can somebody explain the difference between a Linux OS patch, Linux kernel patch, vs a firmware upgrade or a BIOS upgrade?
linux bios firmware patch
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Can somebody explain the difference between a Linux OS patch, Linux kernel patch, vs a firmware upgrade or a BIOS upgrade?
linux bios firmware patch
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And microcode? (If I can extend the question)
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And microcode? (If I can extend the question)
– DarkHeart
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And microcode? (If I can extend the question)
– DarkHeart
1 hour ago
And microcode? (If I can extend the question)
– DarkHeart
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A firmware or BIOS patch is code from a hardware or CPU manufacturer which is installed into the writable memory of hardware and are stored in hardware through shutdowns. They could go into the motherboard, a video card, the CPU itself, or into other devices. Turning your PC off does not erase them.
Patches of Linux OS, the Linux kernel, or other operating systems, are written into a drive, whether a solid state drive ('SSD') or a hard disk drive ('HDD'). They are retrieved from the drive every time your PC boots, and erased from the PC's RAM when the PC is turned off. (That's the design of a PC, anyway; there are sneaky ways to retrieve the contents of memory after a power-down, but that's outside of the scope of your question.)
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A firmware or BIOS patch is code from a hardware or CPU manufacturer which is installed into the writable memory of hardware and are stored in hardware through shutdowns. They could go into the motherboard, a video card, the CPU itself, or into other devices. Turning your PC off does not erase them.
Patches of Linux OS, the Linux kernel, or other operating systems, are written into a drive, whether a solid state drive ('SSD') or a hard disk drive ('HDD'). They are retrieved from the drive every time your PC boots, and erased from the PC's RAM when the PC is turned off. (That's the design of a PC, anyway; there are sneaky ways to retrieve the contents of memory after a power-down, but that's outside of the scope of your question.)
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A firmware or BIOS patch is code from a hardware or CPU manufacturer which is installed into the writable memory of hardware and are stored in hardware through shutdowns. They could go into the motherboard, a video card, the CPU itself, or into other devices. Turning your PC off does not erase them.
Patches of Linux OS, the Linux kernel, or other operating systems, are written into a drive, whether a solid state drive ('SSD') or a hard disk drive ('HDD'). They are retrieved from the drive every time your PC boots, and erased from the PC's RAM when the PC is turned off. (That's the design of a PC, anyway; there are sneaky ways to retrieve the contents of memory after a power-down, but that's outside of the scope of your question.)
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A firmware or BIOS patch is code from a hardware or CPU manufacturer which is installed into the writable memory of hardware and are stored in hardware through shutdowns. They could go into the motherboard, a video card, the CPU itself, or into other devices. Turning your PC off does not erase them.
Patches of Linux OS, the Linux kernel, or other operating systems, are written into a drive, whether a solid state drive ('SSD') or a hard disk drive ('HDD'). They are retrieved from the drive every time your PC boots, and erased from the PC's RAM when the PC is turned off. (That's the design of a PC, anyway; there are sneaky ways to retrieve the contents of memory after a power-down, but that's outside of the scope of your question.)
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A firmware or BIOS patch is code from a hardware or CPU manufacturer which is installed into the writable memory of hardware and are stored in hardware through shutdowns. They could go into the motherboard, a video card, the CPU itself, or into other devices. Turning your PC off does not erase them.
Patches of Linux OS, the Linux kernel, or other operating systems, are written into a drive, whether a solid state drive ('SSD') or a hard disk drive ('HDD'). They are retrieved from the drive every time your PC boots, and erased from the PC's RAM when the PC is turned off. (That's the design of a PC, anyway; there are sneaky ways to retrieve the contents of memory after a power-down, but that's outside of the scope of your question.)
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And microcode? (If I can extend the question)
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