Like A Duck to Programmer [email protected] • 1 year agoFirmwareseemel.inkimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down116cross-posted to: technology
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink42•1 year agoIs this actually the reason it’s called this? Like dead serious.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink22•1 year agoYep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware#History_and_etymology
minus-square@cynarlink21•1 year agoIf 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.
minus-square@Cmot_Dibblerlink17•1 year agoWell when a software and a hardware love each other very much…uh you see the SATA cable goes in the… and then there’s pin hole connectors of course… auxiliary input… And then 2 days later the ups man brings you new firmware. Okay bud? Alright goodnight.
minus-squareandrewlinkfedilink5•1 year agoIt gets old on the device since it’s never updated and eventually it starts to ferment. Fermware -> firmware.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoTheseus’ firmware. After how many changes does a board became a new component.
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?
Well when a software and a hardware love each other very much…uh you see the SATA cable goes in the… and then there’s pin hole connectors of course… auxiliary input… And then 2 days later the ups man brings you new firmware.
Okay bud? Alright goodnight.
Wow i never learned this in Christian school!
It gets old on the device since it’s never updated and eventually it starts to ferment. Fermware -> firmware.
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Theseus’ firmware. After how many changes does a board became a new component.