Delta Update

A delta update is a type of software update that involves only those parts of the software which have been changed from the previous state. This is in contrast to the standard update strategy, which is to send a complete download of the entire program.

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Categories: Field Atlas

Tags: Firmware Updates

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One thing to note here is that it's important to actually track what you're doing and not just guess at what you're doing. When I've recorded what people do and compare it to what they think they're doing, these are often quite different. It would generally be considered absurd to operate a complex software system without metrics or tracing, but it's normal to operate yourself without metrics or tracing, even though you're much more complex and harder to understand than the software you work on.