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User ID: 74602054 United States 04/26/2017 01:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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? I will not die in the night but in the light Of the sun with the ashes of this world in my lungs |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74758801 United States 04/26/2017 01:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74761441 United Kingdom 04/26/2017 01:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand... if you have spyware just format your computer |
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User ID: 39438344 United States 04/26/2017 01:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand... You had me at MORAN. I had to come help... [ link to www.computerhope.com] We see you too... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74758801 United States 04/26/2017 01:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74761441 United Kingdom 04/26/2017 01:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand... ask google from now on |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74768364 Greece 04/26/2017 11:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: A question for the computer savvy... help a moran understand... ask google from now on
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74761441 I wouldn't ask goggle if I wanted to know if an itchy arse needs scratching. |