Category:BIOS

• BIOS

A

• Active State Power Management
• ACPI
• Advanced Power Management
• AGESA
• AMD Platform Security Processor
• American Megatrends
• Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp.
• Award Software

B

• BIOS boot partition
• BIOS color attributes
• BIOS interrupt call
• BIOS parameter block
• Boot sector

C

• Core Multiplexing Technology
• Cylinder-head-sector

D

• Desktop Management Interface
• Dmidecode
• Double boot
• Dynamic drive overlay

E

• E820
• El Torito (CD-ROM standard)
• Extended System Configuration Data

F

• Flashrom (utility)

G

• GUID Partition Table

I

• Instant-on
• InstantGo
• Insyde Software
• INT 10H
• INT 13H
• INT 16H
• Intel Management Engine

L

• Legacy Plug and Play
• Logical block addressing

M

• Master boot record
• MBRwizard
• Memory Reference Code
• Microcode
• MultiProcessor Specification

N

• Nonvolatile BIOS memory
• Nvidia System Tools

O

• Open Firmware
• Option ROM

P

• Phoenix Technologies
• Power-on self-test
• Preboot Execution Environment

R

• Rapid Boot
• Real-time clock alarm
• Reboot

S

• System console
• System Management BIOS
• System Management Mode

U

• UEFI Forum
• Upper memory area

V

• VESA BIOS Extensions
• Video BIOS
• Volume boot record

W

• Wake-on-LAN
• Wake-on-ring