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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Firewire6-pin.jpg/220px-Firewire6-pin.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]fire + wire. In the first sense ("high speech 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.
Noun
[edit]firewire (plural firewires)
- 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.
Translations
[edit]a high speed digital link standard, IEEE 1394-1995
a system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire