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Firmware. (seemel.ink)

submitted 1 year ago by b4dm4rk@seemel.ink to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 14 points 1 year ago

I thought it had something to do with firms (the noun)...

[–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Bachelors in Computer Science.... Never made the connection.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The entire foundation of my life is built on quicksand.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (16 children)

"Firmware" is a terrible name, it's exactly software.

[–] el_pablo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The only common thing between software and firmware is the coding part. Everything else is different. Fault tolerance, memory management, MCU optimization, etc.

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[–] scrotumnipples@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Mediumware" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Penis joke!

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[–] LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

dang

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

holy shit

[–] saltybrownsfan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of when, during the building and development of the Apollo program- electrical engineers were tasked with effectively creating the "software" of the guidance system, and when one of the lead developers told his wife "I'm working on the software for the rocket" She replied "We're not going to tell people that you're working in underpants."

[–] tbblake@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I knew this but I'm pretty sure I just assumed that's what it meant somewhere along the way.

[–] Radio_717@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It all makes sense now. Damn.

[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago

Oooh... Never thought of that...

[–] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've always thought about it as the way the software and hardware talk to each other.

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