Meaning of Bios | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben, a particular mode of life; "qualified life", as opposed to the bare life or zoe.
2. Acronym of Basic Input/Output System.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. A vitamin essential for the growth of yeast, since found to be several B vitamins.
   obsolete
4. any firmware user interface that provides similar functionality as BIOS, such as UEFI.
   broadly, informal

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Examples

“Toshiba manufactures the chip set and the 8- to 10-MHz bus; the BIOS, shadowable in both system and video modes, is licensed from Award.”

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