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firewire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
firewire
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.

noun

A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.

Etymology

From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high-speed digital link standard"), the term was originally a trade name—capitalized FireWire—used by Apple Inc. as it developed the standard in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Inflected Forms

firewires (plural)

Questions

What does firewire mean?
A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.
Where does firewire come from?
From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high-speed digital link standard"), the term was originally a trade name—capitalized FireWire—used by Apple Inc. as it developed the standard in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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