Eli5 – What is a BIOS in computers?

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Basic Ingoing-Outgoing System (IIRC) but what does it really mean?

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To build on the other replies, it needs to be small as it’s stored on the motherboard in non-volatile storage, it’s the first thing that runs and performs and displays the hardware check, before throwing it over to the hard disk to boot into the operating system.

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