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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Basic Input Output System

It is the set of instructions that tell the motherboard how to interact with the various components attached to it.

Your motherboard does not know how to access hard drives, graphics cards, RAM, or anything else plugged into it. The BIOS tells it how.

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