"firewire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firewires [plural]
Etymology: 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': 92 8
  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.: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 37 63

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