BIOS
noun
plural BIOSes
Definition of BIOS
computers
: a software element of a computer operating system that allows the CPU to communicate with connected input and output devices (such as a keyboard or a monitor)
Your PC contains several BIOSes—the video BIOS that interfaces your CPU and video card, for example—but the most fundamental is the system BIOS.— Neil Randall
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