firmware

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɜːmˌwɛə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fûrm′wâr′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
firm•ware  (fûrm′wâr′),USA pronunciation n. [Computers.]
  1. Computinga microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
  • firm1 + (soft)ware 1965–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
firmware / ˈfɜːmˌwɛə/
  1. a fixed form of software programmed into a read-only memory
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