BIOS

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Basic input output system

• A special program contained in the computer’s ROM that controls the components of the computer and how they interact and work together.^[1]

• The specific PC input/output "rules" and the programs which execute these to allow the transfer of information to/from the "central processing unit" of the PC.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
2. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.