Your Question: Why Do We Need Bios?
Contents in a Nutshell, Computer Devices Need Bios to Perform Three Key Functions. the Two Most Critical Ones Are Initializing and Testing Hardware Components...
In a nutshell, computer devices need BIOS to perform three key functions. The two most critical ones are initializing and testing hardware components; and loading the Operating System. These are essential to the start-up process. … This enables OS and application programs to interact with I/O devices.
What is the purpose of BIOS?
BIOS, in full Basic Input/Output System, computer program that is typically stored in EPROM and used by the CPU to perform start-up procedures when the computer is turned on. Its two major procedures are determining what peripheral devices (keyboard, mouse, disk drives, printers, video cards, etc.)
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Can a computer run without BIOS?
If by “computer” you mean IBM compatible PC, then no, you must have the BIOS. Any of the common OS’s today have the equivalent of “the BIOS”, i.e., they have some embedded code in a non-volatile memory that has to run to boot the OS. It’s not just IBM compatible PC’s.
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