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  2. BIOS - Wikipedia

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    In computing, BIOS (/ ˈ b aɪ ɒ s,-oʊ s /, BY-oss, -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is a type of firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup). [1]

  3. System Management BIOS - Wikipedia

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    In computing, the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) specification defines data structures (and access methods) that can be used to read management information produced by the BIOS of a computer. [1] This eliminates the need for the operating system to probe hardware directly to discover what devices are present in the computer.

  4. HP Omen - Wikipedia

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    OMEN booth in 2017. HP Omen (also known as sometimes simply Omen) is a line of high-end gaming PCs, laptops and peripherals manufactured by HP Inc. The name comes from the former VoodooPC's line of desktops that was inherited by HP. HP also offer a lower line of gaming computers called Victus, which replaced the Pavilion Gaming in 2021. [1]

  5. UEFI - Wikipedia

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    The original motivation for EFI came during early development of the first Intel–HP Itanium systems in the mid-1990s. BIOS limitations (such as 16-bit real mode, 1 MB addressable memory space, [7] assembly language programming, and PC AT hardware) had become too restrictive for the larger server platforms Itanium was targeting. [8]

  6. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    In September 2015, it was reported that Microsoft was triggering automatic downloads of Windows 10 installation files on all compatible Windows 7 or 8.1 systems configured to automatically download and install updates, regardless of whether or not they had specifically requested the upgrade.

  7. Hewlett-Packard - Wikipedia

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    HP paid $10.3 billion for 87.3% of the shares, valuing Autonomy at around $11.7 billion (£7.4 billion) overall, a premium of around 79% over market price. The deal was widely criticized as "absurdly high", a "botched strategy shift" and a "chaotic" attempt to rapidly reposition HP and enhance earnings, [ 78 ] [ 80 ] [ 81 ] and had been ...

  8. American Megatrends - Wikipedia

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    The AMI WinBIOS was a 1994 update to AMIBIOS, with a GUI setup screen that mimicked the appearance of Windows 3.1 and supported mouse navigation, unusual at the time. WinBIOS was viewed favorably by Anand Lal Shimpi at AnandTech , [ 32 ] but described by Thomas Pabst at Tom's Hardware as a "big disappointment", in part because of problems with ...

  9. ProLiant - Wikipedia

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    Servers in this generation support both BIOS and UEFI. On November 1, 2015, HP split up into two separate companies, HP Inc. , and HPE . As part of the spilt, HPE inherited the ProLiant line of servers from the original HP along with a few other products, such as the NonStop line of servers originally produced by Tandem Computers, Compaq, and ...