Newbie question from not-so-newbie

[Zincq]

A lot of us refer to the word BIOS everyday - yet some of us don't know what it stands for; like me. What does it stand for? I'm taking a wild guess here, but could it perchance be Basic Input Output System?

 

[BlakkIce]

hummmmm

 

[nate83]

hehe, good guess you're right.

 

[nnnyyy]

Good guess.

 

[Jiggz]

A lot of times also people refer to this as the CMOS. But in technical terms CMOS is the chip itself while BIOS is the program embedded into the CMOS.

 

[Sundog]

You are correct!

 

[Shockwave]

Basic Input/Output System

Your welcome....

 

[Orlo]

I have been stumped many a time with computer abbreviations until I found "webopedia.com". They've got a good reference guide, the latest terminology and clear definitions. Try it, you'll like it!