View Poll Results: Which one id the right one?

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  • Basic In/Out System

    19 95.00%

  • BInary Operating System

    0 0%

  • Built-In Operating System

    0 0%

  • that weird Binary guy Is Out of his Skull

    1 5.00%
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  1. October 31st, 2008, 08:36 PM #11
    ArPaNET
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    tisk tisk... SirDice I believe it stands for Current Memory On System (lol I am not serious but I just made that up) so start your poll and get the right answer!
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  2. November 1st, 2008, 12:14 AM #12
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    A normal person would have thought that BIOS
    had something to do with Biology, but it's obvious that
    the computer gods never majored in english.
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  3. November 4th, 2008, 12:57 AM #13
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    Actually I think that all three definitions have been used at one time or another. Currently, BIOS is generally taken to mean Basic Input Output System when referring to PCs.

    http://www.bioscentral.com/

    If you are talking about embedded systems then it would be the built in operating system, as no other OS is required by such devices.
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