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2. BIOS - Wikipedia

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   In computing, BIOS (/ ˈ b aɪ ɒ s,-oʊ s /, BY-oss, -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is a type of firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup). [1]

3. Absolute Home & Office - Wikipedia

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   The Absolute Home & Office client has trojan and rootkit-like behaviour, but some of its modules have been whitelisted by several antivirus vendors. [6] [8]At the Black Hat Briefings conference in 2009, researchers showed that the implementation of the Computrace/LoJack agent embedded in the BIOS has vulnerabilities and that this "available control of the anti-theft agent allows a highly ...

4. Boot disk - Wikipedia

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   A modern PC is configured to attempt to boot from various devices in a certain order. If a computer is not booting from the device desired, such as the floppy drive, the user may have to enter the BIOS Setup function by pressing a special key when the computer is first turned on (such as Delete, F1, F2, F10 or F12), and then changing the boot order. [6]

5. UEFI - Wikipedia

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   UEFI replaces the BIOS that was present in the boot ROM of all personal computers that are IBM PC compatible, [5] [6] although it can provide backwards compatibility with the BIOS using CSM booting. Unlike its predecessor, BIOS, which is a de facto standard originally created by IBM as proprietary software, UEFI is an open standard maintained ...

6. FreeDOS - Wikipedia

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   Hewlett-Packard provided FreeDOS as an option in its HP Compaq dc5750 Small Form Factor PC, Mini 5101 netbooks and Probook laptops. [15] [16] [17] FreeDOS is also used as bootable media for updating the BIOS firmware in HP systems. [18] FreeDOS is included by Steve Gibson's hard drive maintenance and recovery program, SpinRite. [19]

7. Download or update your web browser - AOL Help

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   Download or update your web browser Newer browsers provide added benefits, such as increased web surfing security, private browsing, and faster web page uploads. To get the best experience with AOL websites and applications, it's important to use the latest version of a supported browser.

8. Boot image - Wikipedia

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   Some virtual machine infrastructure can directly import and export a boot image for direct installation to "bare metal", i.e. a disk. This is the standard technique for OEMs to install identical copies of an operating system on many identical machines: The boot image is created as a virtual machine and then exported, or created on one disk and then copied via a boot image control ...

9. Phoenix Technologies - Wikipedia

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   Phoenix Technologies Ltd. is an American company that designs, develops and supports core system software for personal computers and other computing devices. The company's products – commonly referred to as BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) or firmware – support and enable the compatibility, connectivity, security and management of the various components and technologies used in such devices.