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Audio Help [bahy-ohs] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [bahy-ohs] Pronunciation Key –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.
Audio Help [bahy-oh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural bi·os, adjective Informal. –noun
–adjective
| 1. | biography. |
| 2. | biology. |
| 3. | biographical. |
| 4. | biological: a bio control service using praying mantises to reduce the population of garden pests. |
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| bi·o
Audio Help (bī'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. bi·os Informal
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| BIOS
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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
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| BIOS Basic Input/Output System |
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