Why do people say call important files on consoles "BIOS"

[Bonzilink]

First of all, they are not like an computer BIOS. Can someone explain?

[Snipergod87]

nope

[LukeSavenije]

What? I really don't see why you would

[Fasauceome]

Never heard that before. Are they referring to OS files?

[Bonzilink]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Never heard that before. Are they referring to OS files?

Maybe, like the PS2 startup and menu.

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Bonzilink said:

Maybe, like the PS2 startup and menu.

They're probably just trying to sound smart

[Bonzilink]

Just now, fasauceome said:

They're probably just trying to sound smart

A good example of a console peasant.

[LukeSavenije]

Sounds really REALLY weird. I would just keep it the normal way so you dont **** up the system

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Bonzilink said:

A good example of a console peasant.

There's a difference between peasant and player. But whoever told you is probebly a peasant

[Bonzilink]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

There's a difference between peasant and player. But whoever told you is probebly a peasant

Youtube... "BIOS" corruptions.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Bonzilink said:

Youtube... "BIOS" corruptions.

Oh fun, a peasant on youtube. Just store it where it should be, not inside the bios folder

[Willowwizard]

Because that's still essentially what it is. It's a piece of software that tests the hardware and checks that it's all good to go, then it changes the 1's and 0's being processed by the CPU into the graphics and sound that you see on the screen.

Sure, it doesn't fit the thing we usually refer to as 'BIOS' in a computer system, but that's because computers need a dedicated BIOS firmware, because on top of it we can put other software like Linux or Windows. 

Consoles don't need to load any other low-level system software other than the one it already comes pre-installed with, so to be a bit more efficient it's generally 'combined' (although still somewhat separate) into one single interlocked thing.

 

Consoles aren't just some magic box that outputs games, at their heart they still use RAM, CPU, GPU, DACs, etc., and they need the low-level software that every other electronic device uses to operate.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, TakataruMC said:

Because that's still essentially what it is. It's a piece of software that tests the hardware and checks that it's all good to go, then it changes the 1's and 0's being processed by the CPU into the graphics and sound that you see on the screen.

Sure, it doesn't fit the thing we usually refer to as 'BIOS' in a computer system, but that's because computers need a dedicated BIOS firmware, because on top of it we can put other software like Linux or Windows. 

Consoles don't need to load any other low-level system software other than the one it alreaBdy comes pre-installed with, so to be a bit more efficient it's generally 'combined' (although still somewhat separate) into one single interlocked thing.

 

Consoles aren't just some magic box that outputs games, at their heart they still use RAM, CPU, GPU, DACs, etc., and they need the low-level software that every other electronic device uses to operate.

Yep, that's why you shouldn't be allowed to modify or change it. And especially not putting extra files at it

[Mira Yurizaki]

The "BIOS" we usually talk about on PCs is more or less what is called "firmware" in electronics in general. So it might be someone thinking they can interchange the terms but BIOS has usually always referred only to the firmware on IBM PCs and compatibles.

 

But I've never heard someone call it that. I've usually heard it be called system software or firmware.

[corrado33]

26 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

The "BIOS" we usually talk about on PCs is more or less what is called "firmware" in electronics in general. So it might be someone thinking they can interchange the terms but BIOS has usually always referred only to the firmware on IBM PCs and compatibles.

 

But I've never heard someone call it that. I've usually heard it be called system software or firmware.

Question: Does the bios still come into play once the OS has been loaded? Does the BIOS still act as firmware that translates the motherboard's signals into things the OS can understand? Or does it just kinda "hand off" all control to the OS?

[Mira Yurizaki]

32 minutes ago, corrado33 said:

Question: Does the bios still come into play once the OS has been loaded? Does the BIOS still act as firmware that translates the motherboard's signals into things the OS can understand? Or does it just kinda "hand off" all control to the OS?

Typically once the firmware finds something it can boot from, control is handed to it.

[PlayStation 2]

Usually to make an explanation of it more simple. "BIOS corruptions" is more understandable in that context than "System menu and firmware corruptions".

[Stefan Payne]

21 hours ago, Bonzilink said:

First of all, they are not like an computer BIOS. Can someone explain?

True because its wrong, the correct term would be "Firmware".

And since the Firmware of a Computer is called BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), people using Computers called it BIOS.

 

Easy as that.