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Firmware. (seemel.ink)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] tabular 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Device functionality software, which is low-level? Probably won't win any minds.

Besides, if we (and others reading) know what concepts each other is referring to then it really doesn't matter what word we use.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Firmware is easier to say, at a company I worked at we also called FPGAs gateware which was both interesting and convenient