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firmware

noun

Etymology

From firm + -ware, coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software.

  1. derived from Firma
  2. derived from firmāre
  3. borrowed from firma
  4. formed as firmware — “firm + -ware”

Definitions

  1. A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device…

    A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.

  2. Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for firmware. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA