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A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...

 
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A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
I am a bit of a technophobe, and trying to learn about computers. The general idea of BIOS and CMOS are confounding to me.


How does the BIOS/CMOS manage hardware? The CMOS is just storage for the BIOS, correct?

What analogy would you use to describe the interaction?
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Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
I am a bit of a technophobe, and trying to learn about computers. The general idea of BIOS and CMOS are confounding to me.


How does the BIOS/CMOS manage hardware? The CMOS is just storage for the BIOS, correct?

What analogy would you use to describe the interaction?
 Quoting: Anselm


Don't get too hung up on terms. For practical use they are the same thing. Think of the cmos and bios as being little embedded computers that run all of the hardware in an average desktop.
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Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
if you have spyware
just format your computer
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Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
You had me at MORAN. I had to come help...
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Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
CMOS is a semiconductor technology.

BIOS is short for 'basic input and output system.

together they are a chip on your mutha board.
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Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
ask google from now on
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Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand...
ask google from now on
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I wouldn't ask goggle if I wanted to know if an itchy arse needs scratching.





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