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BIOS

common firmware system used to initialize hardware when a computer boots
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BIOS

Summary

BIOS is a de facto standard[1]. BIOS draws 750 Wikipedia views per month (de_facto_standard category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • BIOS is credited with the discovery of Gary Kildall[3].
  • BIOS's image is recorded as Elitegroup 761GX-M754 - AMIBIOS (American Megatrends) in a Winbond W39V040APZ-5491.jpg[4].
  • BIOS's image is recorded as AWD BIOS.jpg[5].
  • BIOS's instance of is recorded as de facto standard[6].
  • BIOS's instance of is recorded as software[7].
  • BIOS's manufacturer is recorded as American Megatrends[8].
  • BIOS's manufacturer is recorded as Phoenix Technologies[9].
  • BIOS's GND ID is recorded as 4202226-5[10].
  • BIOS's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2017005165[11].
  • BIOS's subclass of is recorded as computer firmware[12].
  • BIOS's subclass of is recorded as operating system[13].
  • BIOS's has use is recorded as booting[14].
  • BIOS's Commons category is recorded as Basic Input Output System[15].
  • BIOS's said to be the same as is recorded as IBM PC ROM BIOS[16].
  • BIOS's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • BIOS's has part is recorded as BIOS interrupt call[18].
  • BIOS's has part is recorded as programmable read-only memory[19].
  • BIOS's has part is recorded as erasable programmable read-only memory[20].
  • BIOS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01fj4[21].
  • BIOS's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117378[22].
  • BIOS's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BIOS[23].
  • BIOS's PSH ID is recorded as 12573[24].
  • BIOS's facet of is recorded as operating system[25].
  • BIOS's facet of is recorded as booting[26].
  • BIOS's facet of is recorded as personal computer[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

BIOS is credited with the discovery of Gary Kildall[3].

Why It Matters

BIOS draws 750 Wikipedia views per month (de_facto_standard category, ranking #2 of 10).[2] BIOS has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] BIOS is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

ABIOS AMIBIOS Award BIOS Award Software computer firmware CP/M erasable programmable read-only memory Flash BIOS flash memory Gary Kildall IBM PC compatible IBM PC ROM BIOS operating system Phoenix Technologies programmable read-only memory SeaBIOS software Unified Extensible Firmware Interface United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Mariobanana · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → BIOS
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