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 firmware...
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the firmware on IBM PC compatible computers. Traditionally, BIOS calls are mainly used by DOS programs and some other software such as boot loaders (including...
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IBMBIO.COM (redirect from DOS BIOS)
portion as the RAM BIOS of operating systems such as DOS or CP/M in order to contrast it with the built-in ROM BIOS of a machine. List of DOS system files Hardware...
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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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Interrupt descriptor table (section BIOS interrupts)
interrupt handlers). For example, IBM PC BIOS provides video services at the vector 0x10, MS-DOS provides the DOS API at the vector 0x21, and Linux provides...
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filesystem structures. Filesystems making use of a BIOS parameter block include FAT12 (except for in DOS 1.x), FAT16, FAT32, HPFS, and NTFS. Due to different...
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expansion system came with its own BIOS extension ROM (built-in on the disk controller) called the BDOS. This BIOS not only added floppy disk support...
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DOS/360 from 1966. Others include Apple DOS, Apple ProDOS, Atari DOS, Commodore DOS, TRSDOS, and AmigaDOS. IBM PC DOS (and the separately sold MS-DOS)...
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Conventional memory (redirect from BIOS console redirection)
system use and optional devices. UMA was used for the ROM BIOS, additional read-only memory, BIOS extensions for fixed disk drives and video adapters, video...
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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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