Firewire

What do we mean by firewire?

A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.

A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.

High speed serial interface defined by Apple Computer in 1994. FireWire is a trademark; the interface may be referred to as IEE1394 withut paying royalties to Apple. FireWire allows the attachment of up to 63 devices to a single controller and allows for hub or daisy-chain topolgies. It was designed as a next-generation replacement for SCSI and is used to connect cameras, AV equipment, hard drives and optical drives to computer equipment. FireWire can operat at 100,200,400 and 800 Megabits per second and there are 4, 6 and 8 pin variants on the physical connectors. Sony have their own branding for FireWire - they refer to it as i.Link Urban Dictionary

Failure of a Personal Computer interface designed to attach peripherals needing high bandwidth. Never achieved wide adoption and currently only supported by Apple fan-boys. Urban Dictionary

Fire wire isnt really wire, but it has to do with wire. Firewire is when you take a piece of steel wool and tie a piece of wire around it, then you light the steel wool and swing it around which send massive ammounts of sparks flying everywhere. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is only slightly insane. Urban Dictionary

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Words that are spelled similarly to firewire:
firewire, firmware, firebird, firework, rewire, fireside, livewire, limewire, fireworm, fireline, firebare, freire, fireward, forewite, firewind.

Words that rhyme with firewire:
fire wire, wire wire.

Adjectives that are often used to describe firewire:
external, standard, trademarked.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective firewire:
port, cable, drive, card, ports, device, interface, drives, connector, hub, cables, disk, jack, technology, camera, reader, bus, chain, support, devices, connection, end, network, symbol, output, connectors, basic, cards.

Consonant match to firewire:
fire wire.

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