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FireWire
A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standardA high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.
Meaning
2 sensesA high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.
FireWire
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A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a high speed digital link standard, IEEE 1394-1995:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a high speed digital link standard, IEEE 1394-1995:
Origin
From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high-speed digital link standard"), the term was orFrom 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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