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Hardware, Software & Firmware The NXT Hardware, Software & Firmware NXT Hardware: Anything you can see or touch NXT Software: Programs written by you Firmware: Programs/Instructions written by the manufacturer

NXT Brick Hardware Firmware is stored in Flash Memory Processor and Memory chips Firmware is stored in Flash Memory

NXT Flash Memory NXT Flash Memory is 256KB in size (~ 15 s. of music) Contents can be viewed from “NXT window” Firmware takes up over half Remainder is for NXT file system Programs, Sound Files, Graphic Files, Data Files, etc. Deleting unused programs and files frees up space