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minus-squarecsm10495@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 years agoIs this actually the reason it’s called this? Like dead serious.
minus-squareKnusper@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agoYep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware#History_and_etymology
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years 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-squaremeow@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agothen where else does firmware come from?
minus-squareCmot_Dibbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years 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-squarejuliorapido@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoWow i never learned this in Christian school!
minus-squareandrew@lemmy.stuart.funlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoIt gets old on the device since it’s never updated and eventually it starts to ferment. Fermware -> firmware.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago Hardware never changes We’ll see what my soldering iron, multimeter, logic analyzer, and oscilloscope have to say about that.
minus-squareBananans@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.
We’ll see what my soldering iron, multimeter, logic analyzer, and oscilloscope have to say about that.
Theseus’ firmware. After how many changes does a board became a new component.