Bios or BIOS may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Bios'' (album), the third album by Costa Rican music group Gandhi
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''Bios'' (novel), a 1999 science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson
*''BIOS'', the original title of the 2021 American science fiction drama film ''
Finch
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...
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''BIOS'' (journal), the society journal of the
Tri Beta society
* BIOS Faction, a fictional group in the ''
Allegiance
An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or citizens to their state or sovereign.
Etymology
From Middle English ''ligeaunce'' (see medieval Latin ''ligeantia'', "a liegance"). The ''al ...
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* "BIOS", a track on Blank Banshee's 2016 album ''
MEGA
Mega or MEGA may refer to:
Science
* mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106
* Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation
* "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy
* Gravity assist, for ''Moon-Eart ...
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Computing
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BIOS
In computing, BIOS (, ; 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 ...
(Basic Input/Output System), a de facto standard firmware interface of IBM PC-compatible computers
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AMI BIOS
AMI (American Megatrends International LLC, formerly American Megatrends Inc.) is an international hardware and software company, specializing in PC hardware and firmware. The company was founded in 1985 by Pat Sarma and Subramonian Shankar. It ...
, manufactured by American Megatrends
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Award BIOS
Award Software International Inc. was a BIOS manufacturer founded in 1983, by Rene Vishney and Bob Stillman in San Jose, California. In 1984 the company moved its international headquarters to Los Gatos, California, United States.
History
In ...
, manufactured by Award Software
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BIOS (CP/M), the BIOS in the CP/M family of operating systems
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Insyde BIOS, manufactured by Insyde Software
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Phoenix BIOS, manufactured by Phoenix Technologies
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DOS-BIOS, the equivalent of the CP/M component in some DOS operating systems, IBMBIO.COM in PC DOS
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IO.SYS, in MS-DOS
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NetBIOS
NetBIOS () is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System. It provides services related to the session layer of the OSI model allowing applications on separate computers to communicate over a local area network. As strictly an API, N ...
Organisations
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Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
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Biological Innovation for Open Society
BiOS (Biological Open Source/Biological Innovation for Open Society) is an international initiative to foster innovation and freedom to operate in the biological sciences. BiOS was officially launched on 10 February 2005 by Cambia, an independe ...
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BIOS-3
BIOS-3 is an experimental closed ecosystem at the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Its construction began in 1965, and was completed in 1972. BIOS-3 consists of a underground steel structure suitable for up to three persons, a ...
, a closed ecosystem at the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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, at the London School of Economics, United Kingdom
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British Institute of Organ Studies
The British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS) is a British organisation and registered charity which aims to promote study and appreciation of all aspects of the pipe organ. Further, it acts as a lobbying body to raise awareness of organ issue ...
, for the study and appreciation of pipe organs
Other uses
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Bios (philosophy), a philosophical concept of Giorgio Agamben
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Biographies
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or c ...
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See also
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Bio (disambiguation)
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ROS (disambiguation)
Ros or ROS or RoS may refer to:
Organizations
* Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale, the Anti-organized Crime Branch of the Italian Carabinieri
* Registers of Scotland, a Scottish authority responsible for compiling and maintaining records
* Reparti ...
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