computing, BIOS (/ˈbaɪɒs, -oʊs/, BY-oss, -ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is a type of...
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up BIOS or bios in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bios or BIOS may refer to: Bios (album), the third album by Costa Rican music group Gandhi Bios (novel)...
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Extended BIOS may refer to: XIOS, the extended BIOS in Digital Research's MP/M, Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS, Multiuser DOS and REAL/32 (since 1979)...
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Video BIOS is the BIOS of a graphics card in a (usually IBM PC-derived) computer. It initializes the graphics card at the computer's boot time. It also...
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system—especially game software). BIOS runs in the real address mode (Real Mode) of the x86 CPU, so programs that call BIOS either must also run in real mode...
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code BIO Biography (abbreviation) Bioplastic, plastic made from biomass British Informatics Olympiad Bio, prefix and abbreviation of biology Bios (disambiguation)...
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txt. VESA Super VGA BIOS Extension 1.0 (Standard # VS891001) 1 October 1989 VESA BIOS Extension 1.2 VESA BIOS Extension 2.0 VESA BIOS Extension 3.0 Dr....
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the BIOS-3 facilities. Mark Nelson and John Allen have acknowledged the importance of BIOS-3 and Russian insights to Biosphere 2. In 1991, BIOS-3 became...
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Nonvolatile BIOS memory refers to a small memory on PC motherboards that is used to store BIOS settings. It is traditionally called CMOS RAM because it...
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Finch (film) (redirect from BIOS (film))
in Sci-Fi Film 'Bios' From 'Game of Thrones' Director (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 27, 2017. "Tom Hanks Sci-Fi Project 'Bios' Goes to Amblin...
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BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K. The first game...
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bytes): Format of short DOS 7.1 Extended BIOS Parameter Block (60 bytes) for FAT32: Format of full DOS 7.1 Extended BIOS Parameter Block (79 bytes) for FAT32:...
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these colors are used in BIOS interrupts, specifically INT 10h, the video interrupt. When writing text to the screen, a BIOS color attribute is used to...
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Management BIOS (SMBIOS) specification defines data structures (and access methods) that can be used to read management information produced by the BIOS of a...
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compatibility, it supports standard BIOS features and calling interfaces that are implemented by a typical proprietary x86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can either run on bare hardware...
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The BIOS boot partition is a partition on a data storage device that GNU GRUB uses on legacy BIOS-based personal computers in order to boot an operating...
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Biological agent (redirect from Bio-Weapon)
biotoxins are also included among the bio-agents. More than 1,200 different kinds of potentially weaponizable bio-agents have been described and studied...
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BioSteel may refer to: BioSteel Sports Nutrition, a Canadian company BioSteel (fiber), a material derived from goat's milk Biosteel, a silk-based material...
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Bio-Dome is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Jason Bloom. It was produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America on a budget of $8.5 million...
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BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk...
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Radio Bío-Bío is a Chilean radio station with broad coverage in Chile. It covers news, sports, music, economics, and international relations. The station...
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A bio-based material is a material intentionally made, either wholly or partially, from substances derived from living (or once-living) organisms, such...
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NetBIOS (/ˈnɛtbaɪɒs/) is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System. It provides services related to the session layer of the OSI model allowing...
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A.P. Bio is an American television sitcom that premiered on February 1, 2018, on NBC as a mid-season replacement. It aired on NBC for two seasons until...
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Logical block addressing (redirect from Enhanced BIOS)
the BIOS to overcome this limit and successfully work with larger hard drives, a CHS translation scheme had to be implemented[when?] in the BIOS disk...
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Master boot record (redirect from BIOS to MBR interface)
BIOS) loads and executes the master boot record. The PC/XT (type 5160) used an Intel 8088 microprocessor. In order to remain compatible, all x86 BIOS...
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Controlled ecological life-support system (redirect from BioHome)
expanding into the research facility known as the BIOS-3. Then in 1965, manned experiments began in the BIOS-3. Human presence in space, thus far, has been...
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IBMBIO.COM (redirect from DOS BIOS)
system, but it is generally known as DOS BIOS (the DOS-related part of the Basic Input/Output System). The term BIOS was originally coined by Gary Kildall...
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