Etymology

firewire

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Today it means: A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard. Full definition →

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The story

From 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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