Starting it up/ Hardware Assessments Flashcards
1
Q
BIOS
A
1 - peripherals contain programs or drivers that Instruct CPU on how to run programs.
2 - BIOS are software that carry outside info to the hardware so that the peripherals-CPU can process info and helps to Initilalize hardware in the computer and gets the operating system up and running.
3 - BIOS are stored in a special type of memory called ROM (read-only type).
4 - ROM is non-volatile (will keep info longer than RAM that is temporary, also when the comp in turned off).
