bios
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- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 4
/ˈbaɪ.ɒs/
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/ˈbaɪ.ɒs/ · /ˈbaɪ.oʊs/
Definition of bios
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Basic Input/Output System.
“Toshiba manufactures the chip set and the 8- to 10-MHz bus; the BIOS, shadowable in both system and video modes, is licensed from Award.”
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noun
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(abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Basic Input/Output System.
“Toshiba manufactures the chip set and the 8- to 10-MHz bus; the BIOS, shadowable in both system and video modes, is licensed from Award.”
- (broadly, informal)any firmware user interface that provides similar functionality as BIOS, such as UEFI.
- (form-of, plural)plural of bio
- (obsolete)A vitamin essential for the growth of yeast, since found to be several B vitamins.
- A particular mode of life, a qualified life.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life, the good life”), first distinguished in this particular sense by Giorgio Agamben. Doublet of jiva and quick.
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