BIOS

program which is permanently located in a computer's memory and is activated at startup (Computers)

BIOS (pronounced ), in computing, stands for Basic Input/Output System. The term is incorrectly known as Binary Input/Output System, Basic Integrated Operating System and occasionally Built In Operating System. BIOS refers to the firmware code run by a personal computer when first powered on. The primary function of the BIOS is to identify and initiate component hardware, (such as hard drives, floppies, and CDs). This is to prepare the machine so other software programs stored on various media can load, execute, and assume control of the PC. This process is known as booting, or booting up, which is short for bootstrapping.
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Bios or BIOS may refer to:Life (in Greek, /Bios)Biographies, a genre of literature/media based on accounts of people's livesBIOS, the Basic Input/Output System of a computerBiological Innovation for Open SocietyThe British Institute of Organ StudiesBIOS (journal), a quarterly journal of biologyBIOS Group, a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based for-profit company that employs complex systems methodology to attempt to solve business problemsBios (band), a power noise groupBIOS Faction in the Allegiance (computer game)BIOS is the society journal of the Tri Beta societyBIOS British Intelligence Objectives Sub-comitteeBIOS Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
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BIOS, basic input output system, program which is permanently located in a computer's memory and is activated at startup (Computers)

BIOS, basic input output system, program which is permanently located in a computer's memory and is activated at startup (Computers)

n. BIOS, basic input output system; program which is permanently located in a computer's memory and is activated at startup (Computers)