How to Use BIOS in a Sentence

BIOS

noun

• Again, that’s helpful and not new, but the real boon is that this code can now even display when the endpoint machine is in, say, BIOS mode.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
• Beaumont advised people to enable a BIOS password lock to prevent YellowKey attacks.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
• That also means that either reverting BIOS settings or performing an OS reset is possible.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
• Simplifying remote access for users with a wide range of tech savvy (or for those stuck in BIOS or trying to troubleshoot) can speed up support and maybe even prevent the need to send a machine in the mail for servicing.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
• McAfee and Kirsch recommend installing your motherboard maker's latest BIOS updates as they're released, to pick up new default settings as AMD and its partners change them.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
• Instead of targeting machines through the BIOS or master boot record, one such bootkit attacked Mac OS X systems by infecting the EFI, a package of firmware that started the boot process.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026
• Secure Boot is designed to thwart UEFI bootkits, a form of malware that alters the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, the successor to the BIOS, both of which begin the initial boot sequence.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026
• Asus has launched a beta BIOS for its Crosshair X870E motherboards that may be the first to support AMD EXPO Ultra Low Latency (ULL), VideoCardz reports.
  — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026