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BIOS

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–noun

computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.

[Origin: B(asic) I(nput)/O(utput) S(ystem)

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bi·o

Audio Help [bahy-oh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural bi·os, adjective Informal.

–noun

1.	biography.

biology.

–adjective

3.	biographical.

4.	biological: a bio control service using praying mantises to reduce the population of garden pests.

[Origin: 1945–50; by shortening; as adj., independent use of bio-, taken as a free form

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bi·o Audio Help (bī'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. bi·os Informal

A biography.
A biographical sketch or outline.

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n. The set of routines stored in read-only memory that enable a computer to start the operating system and to communicate with the various devices in the system, such as disk drives, keyboard, monitor, printer, and communications ports.

[b(asic) i(nput/)o(utput) s(ystem).]

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Main Entry: bi·os
Pronunciation: 'bI-"äs
Function: noun
: a mixture of vitamins of the B complex essential for the optimum growth of some yeasts

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BIOS
Basic Input/Output System