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Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 14:10:01 +0200
articles/firmware-broken-terminology: Address lobsters about "embedded software"
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So as you might have noticed, I just avoid the use of the term firmware as much as possible to prefer using something more precise, a rather usual one ended up being "embedded software". I don't expect everyone to do it, but I would appreciate technical people doing so, specially in the libre software community.
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+<p>Update to address feedback from a <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/p9t2mx/firmware_is_broken_terminology#c_sgb3kp">comment on lobsters</a>: Right, "embedded software" isn't more precise, but I still find it a better description than "firmware" is, should probably also have given examples of the other cases it encourages: Citing existing implementations (say uboot-like); Directly the name of the software involved, like OpenWRT instead of "router firmware"; …</p>
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