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The term firmware is widely used, and has been for decades, in much of
the semiconductor industry. It is hardly "jargon." In many of those
situations firmware is under the same kinds of configuration management
controls as software or 'pure' hardware, with the version number of the
firmware accompanying all product documentation. Just because this term
is not familiar to you in your work doesn't mean it isn't used
appropriately in other fields. Telling others not to use some term or
terminology that might be totally accurate and germane to THEIR field or
business really isn't very good advice or appropriate.
Wally Glassett
Technical Docs. & Server Admin.
Digital Integrator, Inc.
Incline Village, NV
-----Original Message-----
From: Christensen, Kent [mailto:lkchris -at- sandia -dot- gov]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:30 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: STYLE: Is Firmware always Firmware?
re: is firmware always firmware?
response1: Firmware ... is code that is burned or loaded into more
permanent memory
response2: "Firmware" is usually a combination of hardware and
software.
My response: "Firmware" is jargon--don't use this word except in very
limited internal-to-your-firm communication. Personally, I have no idea
what this word means and see no reason to learn it and would resent
instructions containing it. The customer is always right.
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