from Wikipedia - In IBM PC compatible computers, the basic input/output system (BIOS), also known as the System BIOS or ROM BIOS ( /?ba?.o?s/), is a de facto standard defining a firmwareinterface.[1] The name originated in earlier computers running CP/M and other operating systems, where the BIOS was loaded from disc rather than stored as firmware (EPROMs were not yet available).
The BIOS software is built into the PC, and is the first code run by a PC when powered on ('boot firmware'). When the PC starts up, the first job for the BIOS is the power-on self-test, which initializes and identifies system devices such as the CPU, RAM, video display card, keyboard and mouse, hard disk drive, optical disc drive and other hardware. The BIOS then locates boot loader software held on a peripheral device (designated as a 'boot device'), such as a hard disk or a CD/DVD, and loads and executes that software, giving it control of the PC.[2] This process is known as booting, or booting up, which is short for bootstrapping.
BIOS software is stored on a non-volatile ROM chip on the motherboard. It is specifically designed to work with each particular model of computer, interfacing with various devices that make up the complementary chipset of the system. In modern computer systems the BIOS chip's contents can be rewritten without removing it from the motherboard, allowing BIOS software to be upgraded in place.
A BIOS has a user interface (UI), typically a menu system accessed by pressing a certain key on the keyboard when the PC starts. In the BIOS UI, a user can:
configure hardware
set the system clock
enable or disable system components
select which devices are eligible to be a potential boot device
set various password prompts, such as a password for securing access to the BIOS UI functions itself and preventing malicious users from booting the system from unauthorized peripheral devices.
The BIOS provides a small library of basic input/output functions used to operate and control the peripherals (such as the keyboard, text display functions and so forth), and these software library functions are callable by external software. In the IBM PC and AT, certain peripheral cards, such as hard-drive controllers and video display adapters, carried their own BIOS extension Option ROM, which provided additional functionality. Operating systems and executive software, designed to supersede this basic firmware functionality, will provide replacement software interfaces to applications.
The role of the BIOS has changed over time. As of 2011, the BIOS is being replaced by the more complex Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) in many new machines, but BIOS remains in widespread use. EFI booting has been supported in only Windows versions supporting GPT[3], the Linux kernel 2.6.1 and later, and Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs.[4] However, the distinction between BIOS and EFI is rarely made in terminology by the average computer user, making BIOS a catch-all term for both systems.
Sir derives from the Middle French honorific title sire (messire gave 'mylord'), from the Old French sieur (itself a contraction of Seigneur meaning 'lord'), from the Latin adjective senior (elder), which yielded titles of respect in many European languages. The form sir is first documented in English in 1297, as title of honor of a knight or baronet, being a variant of sire, which was already used in English since at least c.1205 as a title placed before a name and denoting knighthood, and to address the (male) Sovereign since c.1225, with additional general senses of "father, male parent" is from c.1250 and "important elderly man" from 1362.
It is an electronic communication device used by gay people to call each other and discuss the latest fashions...........no, sorry, I was being a smartass and I am not a homophobe btw.......it is the following - Words that sound alike but with different meanings and spellings.
For example: "aye", "eye" and "I".
This website is intended to be a handy compilation of an alphabetized* list of homophones and some examples of such as used in sentences. This site will be useful to schools and offices as a reference of homophone usage when the spoken word must be converted to written communication.
The spelling of "rose" (past tense of "rise") and "rose" (the flower) appear in the same place in the dictionary. Their diacritical marks are the same as the homophones that appear elsewhere in that reference, such as "rows" and "roes". The goal of HOMOPHONE.com is to simply to make communicators aware that the same sounding words are ambiguous. The users of the site can obtain the meanings of the words by clicking on the word to determine which one they should use in print. This site is designed to show only HOMOPHONES (or HETEROGRAPHS) i.e., two (or more) words with the same sound and different spellings.
Hi, could you mean this poem called "Fog" by Carl Sandburg -- the fog comes on little cat feet. it sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. -- This is whats known as a Haiku poem, a form of poem which E.E.Cummings also wrote. More can be learnt about his use of this style at https://sites.google.com/site/graceguts/essays/haiku-sensibilities-of-e-e-cummings - I hope this helps :)
Possibly because you worry about things you have no control over. If this is the case try to separate the things you can change from those you can't change, then take steps to change what you can. Worry is a positive thought process when the problem can be overcome but when it is beyond your control the worry becomes like a cancer of the brain. Also try not to be too overdramatise events in your life, try to see things realistically and see that you are just another person in the world doing what you can to get by. You may have depression and need medicating as well but that does not mean you are powerless, you can have depression and live a good life. I hope this helps in some way....good luck from a guy with bipolar disorder :)