an adjective that describes the nature of Nintendo 3DS system software updates

[R4ismychildhood]

it means "it won't corrupt the system even if abandoned halfway through", someone here mentioned a very professional wording, as the update is like just adding files to the system (like those in "Data Management")... What is that called? Additive? Cumulative? This drives me crazy!

 

[splaca]

I'm curious to know the original term, as I wasn't even aware of 3DS updates having this property!

One term that is sometimes used in computing to refer to some action that either completes successfully, or maintains previous state (as in, with no possibility of a broken in-between) is atomic. I'm not sure if it applies here, it's just one possible guess.

 

[Kwyjor]

Incremental, I think you mean?

I doubt that's how it actually works, though. Most likely, the update is downloaded to a different part of the filesystem and the unit is only directed to use that part of the filesystem once the update is confirmed to be complete. I think that's how updates work in other systems.

 

[Jayro]

I think it writes the most critical parts first, so if it gets interrupted, it doesn't matter as much. FlashMe v8 works this way. You get past a certain percentage, and if it fails after that, it's okay to try again.

 

[R4ismychildhood]

Incremental, I think you mean?

I doubt that's how it actually works, though. Most likely, the update is downloaded to a different part of the filesystem and the unit is only directed to use that part of the filesystem once the update is confirmed to be complete. I think that's how updates work in other systems.

that’s the one!!!!!!