# What is loaded in Arduino?

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/what-is-loaded-in-arduino/73270>\
**Category:** IDE 1.x\
**Created:** [September 30, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/what-is-loaded-in-arduino/73270 "2011-09-30T21:50:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Librav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@Librav](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/Librav)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/what-is-loaded-in-arduino/73270/1 "2011-09-30T21:50:58Z")

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Hi All,  
How to determine and print out the name of and contents of the program loaded in Arduino

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/what-is-loaded-in-arduino/73270/2 "2011-09-30T22:07:45Z")

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There is no name, but you can use avrdude to recover the binary image from the processor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/what-is-loaded-in-arduino/73270/3 "2021-05-05T15:50:35Z")

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