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What is flashing
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Monday November 1, 2010
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Monday November 1, 2010
You may have heard of the
tech term
flashing. We'll explainwhat flashing means
in this tutorial and explain why you might want toflash a ROM
on your smartphone orflash the BIOS
on your computer.Download this episode now
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Windows Media Show Notes
- Flashing refers to writing new information to a computer or mobile device.
- You can flash a new ROM to your Android phone, for example.
- You can also flash the BIOS of many computers.
- The RAM in your computer is volatile, which means it needs power to keep information in memory.
- Flash memory is non-volatile so it needs no power.
- The ability to flash devices makes it possible to upgrade devices without getting a new one.
- If you want more information, take a look at this Wikipedia article on flash memory.
- You can flash a new ROM to your Android phone, for example.
- You can also flash the BIOS of many computers.
- The RAM in your computer is volatile, which means it needs power to keep information in memory.
- Flash memory is non-volatile so it needs no power.
- The ability to flash devices makes it possible to upgrade devices without getting a new one.
- If you want more information, take a look at this Wikipedia article on flash memory.
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