Monday, October 21, 2013

What is BIOS?

  • Long form of BIOS is Basic Input Output System.
  • BIOS is first thing that runs when you boot the PC.
  • The BIOS' job is to identify,test,and initialize components of the system.
  • The BIOS by erasing it rewriting it in a process known as flashing.

The specifics of which depend on BIOS are
  1. Date
  2. Time
  3. Hare drive configuration
  4. Boot sequence
  5. RAM
  6. Serial and parallel port assignments
  7. Enable/disable onboard controllers
  8. Enable/disable supervisor and user passwords

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