Bios vs Uefi - What's the difference?

bios | uefi |


In computing terms the difference between bios and uefi

is that bios is acronym of Basic Input/Output System|lang=en while uefi is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface: a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware.

As a noun BIOS

is built-in operating system.

As a proper noun UEFI is

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface: a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware.

bios

English

Noun

(BIOS) (BIOSes)
  • (computing) Built-in operating system.
  • (computing)

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    uefi

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface): a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware.