Memory Addresses!

[Peter]

That's because they all said "uh-huh, I understand" at some point although they didn't.

BIOS = bootstrap CODE that resides in a ROM, PROM, EEPROM or (today) FlashROM chip.

"CMOS" = (in a PC) refers to the battery-backed super-low-power CMOS technology SRAM that hold's the BIOS's settings.

 

[nadirshakur]

Originally posted by: Peter
That's because they all said "uh-huh, I understand" at some point although they didn't.

BIOS = bootstrap CODE that resides in a ROM, PROM, EEPROM or (today) FlashROM chip.

"CMOS" = (in a PC) refers to the battery-backed super-low-power CMOS technology SRAM that hold's the BIOS's settings.

That makes the most sense. Just to kind of give a comparison, would you say that CMOS is a ".doc" while BIOS is the "Word.exe" file, generally??

I think I get it, what I do not get is why they call CMOS, NVRAM as in Non-Volatile RAM.


....when i said i understood it was a different topic mr.knowitall

 

[Steve]

Given that his career involves writing BIOS code, Peter has every right to be Mr. Know-it-all.

 

[nadirshakur]

can he skip rope?