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`Basic Input/Output System from FOLDOC
`Case 4:11-cv-06357-YGR Document 96-11 Filed 06/05/12 Page 2 of 2
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`BIOS ==>
`Basic Input/Output System
`<operating system> (BIOS, ROM BIOS) The part of the system software of the IBM PC and compatibles that
`provides the lowest level interface to peripheral devices and controls the first stage of the bootstrap process,
`including installing the operating system. The BIOS is stored in ROM, or equivalent, in every PC. Its main task is
`to load and execute the operating system which is usually stored on the computer's hard disk, but may be loaded
`from CD-ROM or floppy disk at install time.
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`In order to provide acceptable performance (e.g. for screen display), some software vendors access the routines in
`the BIOS directly, rather than using the higher level operating system calls. Thus, the BIOS in the compatible
`computer must be 100% compatible with the IBM BIOS.
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`As if that wasn't bad enough, many application programs bypass even the BIOS and address the screen hardware
`directly just as the BIOS does. Consequently, register level compatibility is required in the compatible's display
`electronics, which means that it must provide the same storage locations and identification as the original IBM
`hardware.
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`(1999-06-09)
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`Copyright 2010 Denis Howe
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