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WHAT IS BIOS?
BIOS (basic input/output system) is the
program a computer's microprocessor
uses to start the computer system
after it is powered on. It also manages
data flow between the computer's
operating system (OS) and attached
devices, such as the hard disk, video
adapter, keyboard, mouse and printer.
HISTORY OF BIOS
The term BIOS was first coined in 1975 by American
computer scientist Gary Kildall. It was incorporated into
IBM’s first personal computer in 1981 and, in the years
to come, gained popularity within other PCs, becoming
an integral part of computers for some time. However,
BIOS’ popularity has waned in favor of a newer
technology: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI). Intel announced a plan in 2017 to retire support
for legacy BIOS systems by 2020, replacing them with
UEFI.
USES OF BIOS
Uses of BIOSThe main use of BIOS is to act as a
middleman between OSes and the hardware they
run on. BIOS is theoretically always the intermediary
between the microprocessor and I/O device control
information and data flow. Although, in some cases,
BIOS can arrange for data to flow directly to memory
from devices, such as video cards, that require faster
data flow to be effective.
HOW DOES
BIOS WORK?
BIOS comes included with computers, as firmware on a chip
on the motherboard. In contrast, an OS like Windows or iOS
can either be pre-installed by the manufacturer or vendor or
installed by the user. BIOS is a program that is made
accessible to the microprocessor on an erasable
programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chip. When
users turn on their computer, the microprocessor passes
control to the BIOS program, which is always located at the
same place on EPROM.
When BIOS boots up a computer, it first determines
whether all of the necessary attachments are in place
and operational. Any piece of hardware containing
files the computer needs to start is called a boot
device. After testing and ensuring boot devices are
functioning, BIOS loads the OS – or key parts of it –
into the computer’s random access memory (RAM)
from a hard disk or diskette drive (the boot device).
THE 4 FUNCTION
OF BIOS
BIOS identifies, configures, tests and connects
computer hardware to the OS immediately after
a computer is turned on. The combination of
these steps is called the boot process.
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Knowing the motherboard manufacturer is
important because users may want to update their
BIOS and chipset drivers – the drivers that enable
the OS to work with other devices in the computer,
such as a video card – to the most recent versions.
Driver updates may improve computer performance
or patch recent BIOS-level security vulnerabilities.
Each manufacturer has a unique way of updating
these drivers.
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