firmware
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.
- Software intended for such embedded computer applications.
Etymology
Affix from English firm (corporate name, commercial undertaking).
Origin
English
firm
Gloss
corporate name, commercial undertaking
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- firm English
- firmer English
- firmish English
- firmless English
- firmly English
- firmness English
- firmwide English
- interfirm English
- megafirm English
- semifirm English
- stand firm English
- superfirm English
- unfirm English
- firma Finnish
- Firma German
- Firmware German
- firma Italian
- ferme French
- firme French
- ファームウェア Japanese
- firmver Serbo-Croatian
- фирмвер Serbo-Croatian
- ferma Ido
- фирмвер Macedonian
- ifema Xhosa
- ፈርምዌር Amharic