fir

n 1: nonresinous wood of a fir tree

2: any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly

of upland areas [syn: {fir tree}, {true fir}]

FIR

1. {Finite Impulse Response} (filter).

2. Fast Infrared. {Infrared} standard from {IrDA},

part of {IrDA Data}. FIR supports {synchronous}

communications at 4 Mbps (and 1.115 Mbps?), at a distance of

up to 1 metre.

(1999-10-14)