• fkn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s not computer science. That’s electrical engineering (oe in some schools computer engineering).

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      1 year ago

      Computer engineering covers the intersection of EE and CS, but bootloaders and device drivers are still within the realm of software engineering.

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        Software engineering isn’t typically a degree offered, and the realm of firmware is dependent on school/region of the world you live in… But computer science is categorically not software engineering. People often incorrectly conflate the two, but they are distinct.