what does bios mean?

Answer 1

Sometimes it is a short way of saying biographies.

When you see it as a link on an average website it is probably going to tell you about the people responsible for the site, and what their qualifications are that make them worth listening to.

But with so many people refusing to write complete words now days it is hard to tell.

Answer 2

The BIOS is a set of instructions contained on special type of volatile memory chip built onto your motherboard. As the name suggests, the BIOS provides a Basic Input/Output System… More specifically, it enables you to use the keyboard, see a display on the monitor, access the hard drive or CD drive, etc., all without the need for an operating system. The BIOS is the software that carries you from the moment you power on your computer to the point where the operating system begins to load, providing the instructions necessary to access the hard disk, memory and other hardware.

This is a very simplistic definition though, as the BIOS has many more functions. All the hardware attached to the motherboard, such as the memory, processor, video card and disk drives, can be configured to a greater or lesser degree through the BIOS. Memory timings, processor speed and overclocking, hard disk detection and booting are all properties controlled by the motherboard's BIOS.

Answer 3

BIOS is an acronym for Basic Input/Output System. It is the boot firmware program on a PC, and controls the computer from the time you start it up until the operating system takes over. When you turn on a PC, the BIOS first conducts a basic hardware check, called a Power-On Self Test (POST), to determine whether all of the attachments are present and working. Then it loads the operating system into your computer's random access memory, or RAM.

The BIOS also manages data flow between the computer's operating system and attached devices such as the hard disk, video card, keyboard, mouse, and printer.

The BIOS stores the date, the time, and your system configuration information in a battery-powered, non-volatile memory chip, called a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) after its manufacturing process.

Answer 4

BIOS, in computing, stands for Basic Input/Output System also incorrectly known as Basic Integrated Operating System. BIOS refers to the firmware code run by a computer when first powered on. The primary function of the BIOS is to prepare the machine so other software programs stored on various media (such as hard drives, floppies, and CDs) can load, execute, and assume control of the computer. This process is known as booting up.

BIOS can also be said to be a coded program embedded on a chip that recognises and controls various devices that make up the computer. The term BIOS is specific to personal computer vendors. Among other classes of computers, the generic terms boot monitor, boot loader or boot ROM are commonly used.

Answer 5

This requires a bit of knowledge about electrical systems and binary system.
This is an array of magnetic rings with +ve and -ve charges which are set according to the configuration of the computer.
When we switch on the system the electric current flows through a wire, which passes through these rings. Depending upon the magnetic values that the electrons sense, the protons and neutrons change and thus we have a electrical current conforming to computer information.
The BIOS thus converts an ordinary electric signal to a electric/data signal which is then picked up by the instructions of the operating system for further processing on the computer.
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Answer 6

Basic Input Output System

Answer 7

Basic Input/Output System
Think of it as your computers sub-conscious. And your hard drive as the conscious.

Answer 8

Basic Input Output System

Its a hardware (chip based) dealy that tells yer computer how to act when you turn it on or boot..

Answer 9

Basic input/output system

Answer 10

biological indigenous orangatang species.