firewire

Noun

Meaning

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.

Examples

A FireWire device can communicate with any other node at any time, subject to network conditions. Source: Internet

Also, many types of professional soundcards (audio interfaces) have the form of an external FireWire or USB unit, usually for convenience and improved fidelity. Source: Internet

Apple stated that Tiger contained more than 200 new features. citation As with Panther, certain older machines were no longer supported; Tiger requires a Mac with 256 MB and a built-in FireWire port. Source: Internet

All models include a built-in iSight video camera, mini-DVI video-out port, multiple USB 2.0 and FireWire ports, built-in Gigabit Ethernet, and AirPort Extreme 802.11g wireless networking. Source: Internet

Data transmission is utilized in computers in computer buses and for communication with peripheral equipment via parallel ports and serial ports such as RS-232 (1969), Firewire (1995) and USB (1996). Source: Internet

Features such as biometric security or multiple interfaces (for example, Firewire ) are available at a higher cost. Source: Internet

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