possibly because a “firm” is also a word for a business / company, so “firmware” as the chipset software coming from the firm that manufactures said chipset makes perfect sense. at least that’s why I never sought an alternate explanation - and I am not fully convinced OP is right, actually.
see that’s something that makes perfect sense but that I wasn’t actually aware of…
Sorry for the late reaction, lemmy.world had enough server problems that I didn’t see my notifications in > 2 weeks…
possibly because a “firm” is also a word for a business / company, so “firmware” as the chipset software coming from the firm that manufactures said chipset makes perfect sense. at least that’s why I never sought an alternate explanation - and I am not fully convinced OP is right, actually.
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Fair enough :)
But firmware doesn’t have to be from the firm that manufacturers said chipset. Third party firmware is a common thing.
see that’s something that makes perfect sense but that I wasn’t actually aware of… Sorry for the late reaction, lemmy.world had enough server problems that I didn’t see my notifications in > 2 weeks…