firmware

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From firm + -ware, coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت (barnāmij ṯābit) — firmware
• Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrayin apahovum) — firmware
• Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrašar) — firmware
• Armenian: պռաշիվկա (pṙašivka) — firmware
• Belarusian: прашыўка (prašywka) — firmware
• Belarusian: убудаванае ПЗ (ubudavanaje PZ) — firmware
• Chinese Mandarin: 固件 (gùjiàn) — firmware
• Chinese Mandarin: 韌體 /韧体 (rèntǐ) — firmware
• Chinese Mandarin: 塑體 /塑体 (sùtǐ) — firmware
• Esperanto: mikroprogramaro — firmware
• Esperanto: integrita programaro — firmware
• Esperanto: firmprogramo — firmware
• Esperanto: firmvaro — firmware
• Finnish: laiteohjelmisto — firmware
• Finnish: firmware — firmware
• Finnish: firmis — firmware
• Finnish: sulautettu ohjelma — firmware
• Finnish: laiteohjelma (program) — firmware
• French: micrologiciel — firmware
• French: firmware — firmware
• French: logiciel interne — firmware
• French: microprogramme — firmware
• Georgian: მიკროპროგრამა (miḳroṗrograma) — firmware
• German: Firmware — firmware
• Hebrew: קושחה — firmware
• Hungarian: készülékszoftver — firmware
• Hungarian: firmware — firmware
• Icelandic: fastbúnaður — firmware
• Indonesian: perangkat tegar — firmware
• Indonesian: peranti tegar — firmware
• Italian: firmware — firmware
• Japanese: ファームウェア (fāmuwea) — firmware
• Korean: 펌웨어 (peomweeo) — firmware
• Lithuanian: įmontuotoji programinė įranga — firmware
• Macedonian: вграден софтвер (vgraden softver) — firmware
• Macedonian: фирмвер (firmver) — firmware
• Malay: perisian tegar — firmware
• Māori: pūmanamārō — firmware
• Norwegian Bokmål: fastvare — firmware
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fastvare — firmware
• Polish: oprogramowanie sprzętowe — firmware
• Polish: oprogramowanie układowe — firmware
• Portuguese: firmware — firmware
• Russian: микропрогра́мма (mikroprográmma) — firmware
• Russian: проши́вка (prošívka) — firmware
• Russian: фи́рмвер (fírmver) — firmware
• Russian: фирмве́р (firmvér) — firmware
• Russian: встроенное ПО (vstrojennoje PO) — firmware
• Serbo-Croatian: ugrađeni softver — firmware
• Serbo-Croatian: firmver — firmware
• Slovene: strojna programska oprema — firmware
• Spanish: firmware — firmware
• Spanish: soporte lógico inalterable — firmware
• Swedish: firmware — firmware
• Swedish: fast programvara — firmware
• Swedish: inbyggd programvara — firmware
• Thai: เฟิร์มแวร์ (ferm-wae) — firmware
• Turkish: donanım yazılımı — firmware
• Turkish: bellenim — firmware
• Ukrainian: мікропрограма (mikroprohrama) — firmware
• Ukrainian: вбудоване ПЗ (vbudovane PZ) — firmware
• Vietnamese: phần lõi — firmware
• Welsh: cadarnwedd — firmware