firmware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
Etymology: From firm + -ware, coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software.
Base: firm
Affixes: -ware
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Derived words: firmware engineer
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت
roman: barnāmij ṯābit
lang: Armenian
word: ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում
roman: nerkaṙucʻvac cragrayin apahovum
lang: Armenian
word: ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար
roman: nerkaṙucʻvac cragrašar
lang: Armenian
word: պռաշիվկա
roman: pṙašivka
lang: Belarusian
word: прашыўка
roman: prašywka
lang: Belarusian
word: убудаванае ПЗ
roman: ubudavanaje PZ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 固件
roman: gùjiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 韌體 /韧体
roman: rèntǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 塑體 /塑体
roman: sùtǐ
lang: Esperanto
word: mikroprogramaro
lang: Esperanto
word: integrita programaro
lang: Esperanto
word: firmprogramo
lang: Esperanto
word: firmvaro
lang: Finnish
word: laiteohjelmisto
lang: Finnish
word: firmware
lang: Finnish
word: firmis
lang: Finnish
word: sulautettu ohjelma
lang: Finnish
word: laiteohjelma (program)
lang: French
word: micrologiciel
lang: French
word: firmware
lang: French
word: logiciel interne
lang: French
word: microprogramme
lang: Georgian
word: მიკროპროგრამა
roman: miḳroṗrograma
lang: German
word: Firmware
lang: Hebrew
word: קושחה
lang: Hungarian
word: készülékszoftver
lang: Hungarian
word: firmware
lang: Icelandic
word: fastbúnaður
lang: Indonesian
word: perangkat tegar
lang: Indonesian
word: peranti tegar
lang: Italian
word: firmware
lang: Japanese
word: ファームウェア
roman: fāmuwea
lang: Korean
word: 펌웨어
roman: peomweeo
lang: Lithuanian
word: įmontuotoji programinė įranga
lang: Macedonian
word: вграден софтвер
roman: vgraden softver
lang: Macedonian
word: фирмвер
roman: firmver
lang: Malay
word: perisian tegar
lang: Māori
word: pūmanamārō
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fastvare
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fastvare
lang: Polish
word: oprogramowanie sprzętowe
lang: Polish
word: oprogramowanie układowe
lang: Portuguese
word: firmware
lang: Russian
word: микропрогра́мма
roman: mikroprográmma
lang: Russian
word: проши́вка
roman: prošívka
lang: Russian
word: фи́рмвер
roman: fírmver
lang: Russian
word: фирмве́р
roman: firmvér
lang: Russian
word: встроенное ПО
roman: vstrojennoje PO
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ugrađeni softver
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: firmver
lang: Slovene
word: strojna programska oprema
lang: Spanish
word: firmware
lang: Spanish
word: soporte lógico inalterable
lang: Swedish
word: firmware
lang: Swedish
word: fast programvara
lang: Swedish
word: inbyggd programvara
lang: Thai
word: เฟิร์มแวร์
roman: ferm-wae
lang: Turkish
word: donanım yazılımı
lang: Turkish
word: bellenim
lang: Ukrainian
word: мікропрограма
roman: mikroprohrama
lang: Ukrainian
word: вбудоване ПЗ
roman: vbudovane PZ
lang: Vietnamese
word: phần lõi
lang: Welsh
word: cadarnwedd