This article will help explain the terms usually used in Networking such as Driver, Firmware, Hardware, Software and Utility. Hardware is any physical electronic device. Renegade Angels Series Epub Reader here. Computers, adapter cards and Ethernet cables are examples.

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Software is a broad term for the programs running on hardware. Familiar kinds of software are operating systems, which provide overall control for computer hardware, and applications, which are optional programs used for a particular job. Software resides on disks and is brought into memory when it is needed. Often a distinction is drawn between software and firmware. Firmware is software that is semi-permanently placed in hardware. It does not disappear when hardware is powered off, and is often changed by special installation processes or with administration tools.

The memory firmware uses is very fast — making it ideal for controlling hardware where performance is important. For example, NETGEAR routers filter using firmware, which tends to make them faster than a PC or Macintosh performing a similar function. A software or firmware upgrade makes a permanent change — usually an improvement in features, in performance, or to correct errors.

Beta software or firmware is an upgrade that has not been thoroughly tested. Some situations that can only be tested by putting equipment in the actual situation it will work. Beta software and firmware is far more likely to have bugs than the polished final versions. Beta firmware may change rapidly when errors are found and corrected by the makers. For these reasons NETGEAR makes beta software and firmware available, but cannot provide technical support for it. A driver is software and/or firmware that controls hardware. Often it connects an operating system with specific hardware devices.

For example, there are drivers for every card and disk in your computer. Each driver is written for a specific operating system — for example Windows XP or Macintosh OS X. Therefore, to use a card in your computer, you must use a driver that matches the device and also your operating system. Drivers can be enhanced, for example, when new operating systems come out. Eventually hardware becomes so old it is no longer economical or practical to produce new drivers for it. Sometimes the words software, firmware and driver are used interchangably, so don't be thrown off if somebody uses the word 'software' when you expected to hear 'driver', or vice versa. A utility is software used for the limited purpose of changing the overall behavior of hardware or other software.

(For example configuring your browser to accept cookies. Mugen Screenpack Kof 2003 Arcade. ) Utilities tend to be used once or twice at most. On a typical computer or router, there will be utilities users never touch at all. If a utility is not used, default values are used, instead.

GearHead Support for Home Users GearHead Support is a technical support service for NETGEAR devices and all other connected devices in your home. Advanced remote support tools are used to fix issues on any of your devices. The service includes support for the following: • Desktop and Notebook PCs, Wired and Wireless Routers, Modems, Printers, Scanners, Fax Machines, USB devices and Sound Cards • Windows Operating Systems (2000, XP or Vista), MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat • Anti-virus and Anti-Spyware: McAfee, Norton, AVG, eTrust and BitDefender.