"firewire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firewires [plural]
Etymology: From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high speech 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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|wire}} fire + wire Head templates: {{en-noun}} firewire (plural firewires)
  1. A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard. Translations (a high speed digital link standard, IEEE 1394-1995): فَايْرْوَايْر (fayrwayr) [masculine] (Arabic), 火線 (Chinese Mandarin), 火线 (huǒxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), FireWire (French), FireWire (German), ファイアワイア (faiawaia) (Japanese), фа́йрвайр (fájrvajr) [masculine] (Russian), файрва́йр (fajrvájr) [masculine] (Russian), FireWire (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-firewire-en-noun-qjvUJhi1 Disambiguation of 'a high speed digital link standard, IEEE 1394-1995': 91 9
  2. A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example. Categories (topical): Apple Inc.
    Sense id: en-firewire-en-noun-uNhNGksP Disambiguation of Apple Inc.: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66

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