Noun: BIOS
Usage: informal
- (computing) Basic Input/Output System; low-level software that controls a computer's hardware and bootstraps the operating system
"He updated the BIOS to fix compatibility issues with new hardware"
Usage: informal
- An account of the series of events making up a person's life
"The new bio of the artist revealed many unknown aspects of her childhood";
- biography, life, life story, life history, biog [informal]
Type of: account, chronicle, history, story
Encyclopedia: BIOS
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