firmware

[计] 固件

发音

US

别名

FW

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.

    不可数 计算机 工程 数学
  2. 2.

    Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

    不可数 计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

microcode

上位词 2

code computer code

相关短语

firmware engineer firmware engineers

词源

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

来源：wiktionary