firmware

firmware

See also: Firmware

English

Etymology

From firm +‎ -ware, coined in a 1967 article[1] as an intermediary term between hardware and software.

Noun

firmware (uncountable)

1. (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.
2. Software intended for such embedded computer applications.

Descendants

• → Amharic: ፈርምዌር (färməwer)
• → German: Firmware
• → Spanish: firmware

Translations

firmware

Arabic: بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت‎ m (barnāmij ṯābit) Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում (nerkaṙucʿvac cragrayin apahovum), ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար (nerkaṙucʿvac 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 układowe (pl) n, oprogramowanie sprzętowe (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 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

References

1. Ascher Opler (January 1967), “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

• firmware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “firmware”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English firmware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈføːmʋeø/, [ˈfø̞ːmʋe̞ø̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈførmʋer/, [ˈfø̞rmʋe̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈfirmʋɑre/, [ˈfirmʋɑre̞]

Noun

firmware

1. (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.

Inflection of firmware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		firmware	firmwaret
genitive		firmwaren	firmwarejen
partitive		firmwarea	firmwareja
illative		firmwareen	firmwareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		firmware	firmwaret
accusative	nom.	firmware	firmwaret
	gen.	firmwaren
genitive		firmwaren	firmwarejen firmwareinrare
partitive		firmwarea	firmwareja
inessive		firmwaressa	firmwareissa
elative		firmwaresta	firmwareista
illative		firmwareen	firmwareihin
adessive		firmwarella	firmwareilla
ablative		firmwarelta	firmwareilta
allative		firmwarelle	firmwareille
essive		firmwarena	firmwareina
translative		firmwareksi	firmwareiksi
instructive		—	firmwarein
abessive		firmwaretta	firmwareitta
comitative		—	firmwareineen

Possessive forms of firmware (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	firmwareni	firmwaremme
2nd person	firmwaresi	firmwarenne
3rd person	firmwarensa

Synonyms

• laiteohjelmisto
• laiteohjelma (program)
• sulautettu ohjelma (program)
• firmis (slang)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English firmware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœʁ.mwɛʁ/, /fɛʁ.mwɛʁ/

Noun

firmware m (plural firmwares)

1. (computing) firmware

   Synonym: micrologiciel

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Italian

Noun

firmware m (invariable)

1. (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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English firmware.

Noun

firmware m (plural firmwares)

1. (computing) firmware (software closely tied to the hardware on which it runs)

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Spanish

Noun

firmware m (plural firmwares)

1. firmware