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Uncommon card · Science
Firmware, an Uncommon card
In computing, firmware is software that provides low-level control of computer hardware.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Firmware quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Firmware card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For a relatively simple device, firmware may perform all control, monitoring and data manipulation ______.
Answer
functionality. For a relatively simple device, firmware may perform all control, monitoring and data manipulation functionality. From the Firmware article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Heat death of the universe. Heat death of the universe 70 · Lux 67 · Firmware 63 · Choux pastry 58 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sex organ. Sex organ 400,000 · Heat death of the universe 300,000 · Likert scale 170,000 · Firmware 120,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- For a relatively simple device, firmware may perform all control, monitoring and data manipulation functionality.
- For a more complex device, firmware may provide only relatively low-level control as well as hardware abstraction to higher-level software such as an operating system.
- Firmware is found in a wide range of computing devices, including personal computers, smartphones, home appliances, vehicles, computer peripherals and in many of the integrated circuits inside each of these larger systems.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Firmware article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Firmware
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Firmware in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Choux pastryUncommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 53
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwichUncommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 51
- Vaishali RameshbabuUncommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 47
- Patrick McEnroeUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 38
- Robert MorleyUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 44
- Cannabis indicaUncommon · Nature · ATK 58 DEF 53
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Firmware (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
