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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Turgidware, if you will.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It'd be really interesting to know ages of people who already knew this and those who didn't.

BTW, already knew it, 58. But then, I remember computers from the 80s and earlier that had the entire OS set in firmware and were not updateable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

38 and I thought firm meant company. Like the firm that created the software for the hardware.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Why not call it halfchub-ware

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