English Explanatory Dictionary

firmware

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-firmware.wav

Word forms

firmware

Etymology

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

Derived words

firmware engineer

Translations

Arabic: بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար Armenian: պռաշիվկա Belarusian: прашыўка Belarusian: убудаванае ПЗ Chinese Mandarin: 固件 Chinese Mandarin: 韌體 /韧体 Chinese Mandarin: 塑體 /塑体 Esperanto: mikroprogramaro Esperanto: integrita programaro Esperanto: firmprogramo Esperanto: firmvaro Finnish: laiteohjelmisto Finnish: firmware Finnish: firmis Finnish: sulautettu ohjelma Finnish: laiteohjelma (program) French: micrologiciel French: firmware French: logiciel interne French: microprogramme Georgian: მიკროპროგრამა German: Firmware Hebrew: קושחה Hungarian: készülékszoftver Hungarian: firmware Icelandic: fastbúnaður Indonesian: perangkat tegar Italian: firmware Japanese: ファームウェア Korean: 펌웨어 Lithuanian: įmontuotoji programinė įranga Macedonian: вграден софтвер Macedonian: фирмвер Māori: pūmanamārō Norwegian Bokmål: fastvare Norwegian Nynorsk: fastvare Polish: oprogramowanie sprzętowe Polish: oprogramowanie układowe Portuguese: firmware Russian: микропрогра́мма Russian: проши́вка Russian: фи́рмвер Russian: встроенное ПО Serbo-Croatian: ugrađeni softver Serbo-Croatian: firmver Slovene: strojna programska oprema Spanish: firmware Spanish: soporte lógico inalterable Swedish: firmware Swedish: fast programvara Swedish: inbyggd programvara Thai: เฟิร์มแวร์ Turkish: donanım yazılımı Turkish: bellenim Ukrainian: мікропрограма Ukrainian: вбудоване ПЗ Vietnamese: phần lõi Welsh: cadarnwedd
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