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English
Etymology
From firm + -ware, coined in a 1967 article[1] as an intermediary term between hardware and software.
Noun
firmware (uncountable)
- (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.
Descendants
Translations
firmware
- Arabic: بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت m (barnāmij ṯābit)
- Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrayin apahovum), ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrašar), պռաշիվկա (pṙašivka)
- Belarusian: прашыўка f (prašyŭka), убудаванае ПЗ n (ubudavanaje PZ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 固件 (zh) (gùjiàn), 韌體/韧体 (zh) (rèntǐ), 塑體/塑体 (sùtǐ)
- Esperanto: mikroprogramaro, integrita programaro, firmprogramo, firmvaro
- Finnish: laiteohjelmisto, firmware (fi), firmis (colloquial); sulautettu ohjelma, laiteohjelma (program)
- French: micrologiciel (fr) m (Canada), firmware (fr) m (Europe), logiciel interne m, microprogramme (fr) m
- Georgian: მიკროპროგრამა (miḳroṗrograma)
- German: Firmware (de) f
- Hebrew: קושחה f
- Hungarian: készülékszoftver (hu), firmware (hu)
- Indonesian: perangkat tegar
- Italian: firmware (it) m
- Japanese: ファームウェア (fāmuwea)
- Korean: 펌웨어 (peomweeo)
- Lithuanian: įmontuotoji programinė įranga (lt) ?
- Macedonian: вграден софтвер m (vgraden softver), фирмвер m (firmver)
- Maori: pūmanamārō
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fastvare m or f
- Nynorsk: fastvare f
- Polish: oprogramowanie sprzętowe (pl) n, oprogramowanie układowe (pl) n
- Portuguese: firmware m
- Russian: микропрогра́мма (ru) f (mikroprográmma), проши́вка (ru) f (prošívka), фи́рмвер m (fírmver), фирмве́р m (firmvér), встроенное ПО n (vstrojennoje PO)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: ugrađeni softver m, firmver m
- Slovene: strojna programska oprema f
- Spanish: firmware m, soporte lógico inalterable m
- Swedish: firmware (sv) c, fast programvara (sv) c, inbyggd programvara c
- Thai: เฟิร์มแวร์ (ferm-wae)
- Turkish: donanım yazılımı (tr), bellenim (tr)
- Ukrainian: мікропрограма f (mikroprohrama), вбудоване ПЗ n (vbudovane PZ)
- Vietnamese: phần lõi
- Welsh: cadarnwedd f
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References
- ^ Ascher Opler (1967 January) “Fourth-Generation Software”, in Datamation: “To better understand the nature of microprogramming a no-order-set/no-data-structure computer, I believe it worthwhile to introduce a new word into our vocabulary: firmware.”
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From English firmware.
Pronunciation
Noun
firmware
- (computing) firmware
Declension
The inflection of this word is problematic. Joukahainen puts it in nalle-category, but it would really require Finnicized pronunciation: /ˈfirmˌʋɑre̞/. As most people tend to pronounce the word more or less like in English, it should rather be of risti-type. It's probably advisable to avoid using the inflected forms in writing and use the provided Finnish synonyms instead.
Synonyms
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English firmware.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fœʁ.mwɛʁ/, /fɛʁ.mwɛʁ/
Noun
firmware m (plural firmwares)
- (computing) firmware
- Synonym: micrologiciel
Italian
Noun
firmware m (invariable)
- (computing) firmware (software closely tied to the hardware on which it runs)
Further reading
- firmware in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English firmware.
Noun
firmware m (plural firmwares)
- (computing) firmware (software closely tied to the hardware on which it runs)
Spanish
Noun
firmware m (plural firmwares)
- firmware