REAL/32 (since 1979) XBIOS, the extendedBIOS in Atari TOS-based computers (since 1984/1985) EX-BIOS, non-standard BIOS extensions in the HP Vectra series...
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...
ISBN 0-471-52231-7. — In the "processing the BIOS parameter block" section the authors describe the evolution of the BIOS parameter block from the MS-DOS version...
and corresponding BIOS extensions named EX-BIOS, thus requiring their own custom OEM version of MS-DOS. Software that used strictly BIOS calls, would work...
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...
structure used by FAT12 and FAT16 since OS/2 1.0 and DOS 4.0, also known as ExtendedBIOS Parameter Block (EBPB) (bytes below sector offset 0x024 are the same...
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...
software compatibility at the firmware (BIOS) level, due to minor hardware differences, replacement of the BIOS with another from a different computer...
Ring hardware. This IBM emulator, named NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI), expanded the base NetBIOS API created by Sytek with, among other things...
with the main system BIOS), which gets executed to initialize the device and (optionally) add support for the device to the BIOS. In its usual use, it...
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...
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...
less common BIOS-bootable devices include floppy disk drives, Zip drives, and LS-120 drives. Typically, the system firmware (UEFI or BIOS) will allow...
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...
is shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 13hex, the 20th interrupt vector in an x86-based (IBM PC-descended) computer system. The BIOS typically sets up...
In August 2023, NASA extendedBioSentinel's mission into November 2024. The mission was developed by NASA Ames Research Center. BioSentinel is one of ten...
BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K. The first game in...
An extended boot record (EBR), or extended partition boot record (EPBR), is a descriptor for a logical partition under the common DOS disk drive partitioning...
superfloppy volume boot records, up to 59 bytes are occupied for the extendedBIOS parameter block on FAT12 and FAT16 volumes since DOS 4.0, whereas the...
Management BIOS (SMBIOS) specification defines data structures (and access methods) that can be used to read management information produced by the BIOS of a...
a method for storing configuration information in nonvolatile BIOS memory and three BIOS functions for working with that data. The ESCD data may at one...
an extended capability list. Extended capabilities are very much like normal capabilities except that they can refer to any byte in the extended configuration...
is commonly called BIOS-MBR, regardless of it being performed on UEFI or legacy BIOS-based systems. Furthermore, booting legacy BIOS-based systems from...
by the BIOS during boot, and many boot sectors were hard-wired to work with fixed values, anyway. The Plug and Play BIOS Specification and BIOS Boot Specification...
training course in Germany. Fuellen's colleagues and students greatly extendedBioPerl; this was further expanded by others, including Steve Chervitz who...
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