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read-only memory basic input/output system [1 record]

Record 1 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

In an IBM personal computer, microcode in read-only memory that controls basic input/output operations such as interactions with cassettes, diskette drives, fixed disk drives, and the keyboard.

Key term(s)
  • BIOS ROM

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

En una computadora (ordenador) personal IBM es un microcódigo en la memoria de sólo lectura (ROM), que controla las operaciones básicas de entrada/salida, por ejemplo, las interacciones con los casetes, unidades de disquetes y de discos flexibles y el teclado.

CONT

El ROM BIOS permite que el usuario escriba programas y agregue o suprima los dispositivos sin preocuparse por las características como, por ejemplo, las direcciones de los dispositivos.

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