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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an open standard that operating systems can use to discover and configure computer hardware components, to perform power management (e.g. putting unused hardware components to sleep), auto configuration (e.g. Plug and Play and hot swapping), and status monitoring.
The Windows 7/Vista/8/10 stack provides kernel-mode and user-mode APIs for its Bluetooth stack- so hardware and software vendors can implement additional profiles. [23] Windows 10 (Version 1803) and later support Bluetooth version 5.0 and several Bluetooth profiles. [29] Bluetooth profiles exposed by the device but unsupported by the Windows ...
It supported 3-cell and 6-cell ExpressCharge batteries and the option of a 9-cell that extended outside of the chassis. Windows 7 was pre-installed out of the box with options available for Home, Pro and Ultimate. Wireless connectivity included a Wireless-N Wifi card, Bluetooth and a WAN card for mobile data.
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 firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup). [1]
Starting with ME 11 (introduced in Skylake CPUs), it is based on the Intel Quark x86-based 32-bit CPU and runs the MINIX 3 operating system. [12] The ME firmware is stored in a partition of the SPI BIOS Flash, using the Embedded Flash File System (EFFS). [13] Previous versions were based on an ARC core, with the Management Engine running the ...
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) [3] is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard. The PCI bus supports the functions found on a processor bus but in a standardized format that is independent of any given processor's native bus.
Control Panel has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0, [1] with each successive version introducing new applets. Beginning with Windows 95, the Control Panel is implemented as a special folder, i.e. the folder does not physically exist, but only contains shortcuts to various applets such as Add or Remove Programs and Internet Options.
As of 2024, Windows 10 is estimated to have a 64% share of Windows PCs, [27] still 2 times its successor Windows 11's share of 32% (and 19 times Windows 7's 3.3% share). Windows 10 has an estimated 46% share of all traditional PCs (the rest being other Windows editions and other operating systems such as macOS and Linux), and an estimated 16% ...