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Firmware

Technology @lemmy.world b4dm4rk @seemel.ink 1y ago

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Wtf i’m only realizing this now! Wtf after 30 years!!! Aaarrgggg
- Even now it took me 30 minutes to figure it out.
  
  We still love you!
Is this actually the reason it's called this? Like dead serious.
- Yep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware#History_and_etymology
- If it's fake, it's a decades old prank. I heard it used seriously pre-millennium.
  
  It fits extremely well. Software changes regularly. Hardware never changes, while firmware is mostly fixed, but can change periodically.
  
  then where else does firmware come from?
That took a bit of time for me too
How am I just hearing about this now?
NonNewtonianWare
I love how everyone both believes this but is so upset that they didn't realize that they need confirmation
To extend on the theme, can we start calling the codebases of platforms that have undergone enshitification “chodeware”?
- Shitware, I’d think.
Wait until you learn about wetware.
What's next... Underware?
- semper ubi sub ubi
- Half-chubware
Is this true?
FIRMware is just SOFTware that's HARD to INSTALL.
Bro
:O
Oof me too

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