plural BIOSes
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.—
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Examples of BIOS in a Sentence
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For business customers, MSI also has an Enterprise Support Tool with BIOS/power control and monitoring.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
As long as the user can get into their BIOS/UEFI settings, this can be remedied by temporarily disabling Secure Boot (if the user has set a BIOS password this would make recovery extremely difficult).
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
Rather than argue about keys, BIOS files, and other matters in court, Dolphin gave up on Steam, while keeping the project alive elsewhere.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
That could be changing early next year, according to the release notes for a slew of BIOS updates for Gigabyte motherboards.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
All affected motherboards will have BIOS updates available by the end of September.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
Control over these devices is handled through the BIOS or Asus' Armoury Crate software.
—Joe Shields, PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2023
Users can download other BIOS versions for their motherboard through MSI’s support website.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Aug. 2023
A number of Reddit users have reported the same BSOD after installing the update, all running Intel systems on MSI motherboards with the latest BIOS updates applied.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2023
PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
As long as the user can get into their BIOS/UEFI settings, this can be remedied by temporarily disabling Secure Boot (if the user has set a BIOS password this would make recovery extremely difficult).
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
Rather than argue about keys, BIOS files, and other matters in court, Dolphin gave up on Steam, while keeping the project alive elsewhere.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
That could be changing early next year, according to the release notes for a slew of BIOS updates for Gigabyte motherboards.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
All affected motherboards will have BIOS updates available by the end of September.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
Control over these devices is handled through the BIOS or Asus' Armoury Crate software.
—Joe Shields, PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2023
Users can download other BIOS versions for their motherboard through MSI’s support website.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Aug. 2023
A number of Reddit users have reported the same BSOD after installing the update, all running Intel systems on MSI motherboards with the latest BIOS updates applied.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Basic Input/Output System
First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
bios
noun
bi·os
ˈbī-ˌäs 
: a mixture of vitamins of the B complex essential for the optimum growth of some yeasts
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