"firmware" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: From firm + -ware, coined in a 1967 article as an intermediary term between hardware and software. Etymology templates: {{af|en|firm|-ware|id2=software}} firm + -ware Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} firmware (uncountable)
  1. (computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
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  2. Software intended for such embedded computer applications. Tags: uncountable
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Translations (firmware): بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت (barnāmij ṯābit) [masculine] (Arabic), ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrayin apahovum) (Armenian), ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrašar) (Armenian), պռաշիվկա (pṙašivka) (Armenian), прашыўка (prašyŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), убудаванае ПЗ (ubudavanaje PZ) [neuter] (Belarusian), 固件 (gùjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 韌體 (Chinese Mandarin), 韧体 (rèntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 塑體 (Chinese Mandarin), 塑体 (sùtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), mikroprogramaro (Esperanto), integrita programaro (Esperanto), firmprogramo (Esperanto), firmvaro (Esperanto), laiteohjelmisto (Finnish), firmware (Finnish), firmis [colloquial] (Finnish), sulautettu ohjelma (Finnish), laiteohjelma (program) (Finnish), micrologiciel [Canada, masculine] (French), firmware [Europe, masculine] (French), logiciel interne [masculine] (French), microprogramme [masculine] (French), მიკროპროგრამა (miḳroṗrograma) (Georgian), Firmware [feminine] (German), קושחה [feminine] (Hebrew), készülékszoftver (Hungarian), firmware (Hungarian), perangkat tegar (Indonesian), firmware [masculine] (Italian), ファームウェア (fāmuwea) (Japanese), 펌웨어 (peomweeo) (Korean), įmontuotoji programinė įranga (Lithuanian), вграден софтвер (vgraden softver) [masculine] (Macedonian), фирмвер (firmver) [masculine] (Macedonian), pūmanamārō (Maori), fastvare [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fastvare [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oprogramowanie sprzętowe [neuter] (Polish), oprogramowanie układowe [neuter] (Polish), firmware [masculine] (Portuguese), микропрогра́мма (mikroprográmma) [feminine] (Russian), проши́вка (prošívka) [feminine] (Russian), фи́рмвер (fírmver) [masculine] (Russian), фирмве́р (firmvér) [masculine] (Russian), встроенное ПО (vstrojennoje PO) [neuter] (Russian), ugrađeni softver [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), firmver [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), strojna programska oprema [feminine] (Slovene), firmware [masculine] (Spanish), soporte lógico inalterable [masculine] (Spanish), firmware [common-gender] (Swedish), fast programvara [common-gender] (Swedish), inbyggd programvara [common-gender] (Swedish), เฟิร์มแวร์ (ferm-wae) (Thai), donanım yazılımı (Turkish), bellenim (Turkish), мікропрограма (mikroprohrama) [feminine] (Ukrainian), вбудоване ПЗ (vbudovane PZ) [neuter] (Ukrainian), phần lõi (Vietnamese), cadarnwedd [feminine] (Welsh)
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        "masculine"
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "firmware",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "firmware",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "firmware",
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        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "masculine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "firmware",
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        "feminine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "masculine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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        "masculine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "common-gender"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "firmware",
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        "common-gender"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "firmware",
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        "common-gender"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "ferm-wae",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "เฟิร์มแวร์"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "donanım yazılımı"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "firmware",
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        "feminine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "neuter"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "phần lõi"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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    "Terms with Korean translations",
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    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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        "mathematics",
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      "roman": "barnāmij ṯābit",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerkaṙucʻvac cragrayin apahovum",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerkaṙucʻvac cragrašar",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pṙašivka",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "պռաշիվկա"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prašyŭka",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ubudavanaje PZ",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "убудаванае ПЗ"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùjiàn",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "固件"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "韌體"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèntǐ",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "韧体"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "塑體"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sùtǐ",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "塑体"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "mikroprogramaro"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "integrita programaro"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "firmprogramo"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "firmvaro"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "laiteohjelmisto"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "firmware"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "sulautettu ohjelma"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "laiteohjelma (program)"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "micrologiciel"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "logiciel interne"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "roman": "miḳroṗrograma",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "მიკროპროგრამა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "készülékszoftver"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "firmware"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "perangkat tegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "firmware"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fāmuwea",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "ファームウェア"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peomweeo",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "펌웨어"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "įmontuotoji programinė įranga"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vgraden softver",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "вграден софтвер"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "firmver",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "pūmanamārō"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fastvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fastvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "oprogramowanie sprzętowe"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "oprogramowanie układowe"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "firmware"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mikroprográmma",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "микропрогра́мма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prošívka",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проши́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fírmver",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́рмвер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "firmvér",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фирмве́р"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstrojennoje PO",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "встроенное ПО"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ugrađeni softver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "firmver"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strojna programska oprema"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "firmware"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "soporte lógico inalterable"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "firmware"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "fast programvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "inbyggd programvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ferm-wae",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "เฟิร์มแวร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "donanım yazılımı"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "bellenim"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mikroprohrama",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "мікропрограма"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vbudovane PZ",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "word": "phần lõi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "firmware",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadarnwedd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "firmware"
}

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