IBM PC compatible BIOS

C23685
concept

An IBM PC compatible BIOS is the low-level firmware interface that initializes hardware and provides standard boot and runtime services so operating systems and software can run on IBM PC–compatible computers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
BIOS interrupt 1
IBM PC compatible BIOS canonical 1
x86 firmware interface 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: IBM PC compatible BIOS
Generated description
An IBM PC compatible BIOS is the low-level firmware interface that initializes hardware and provides standard boot and runtime services so operating systems and software can run on IBM PC–compatible computers.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
IBM PC XT BIOS
INT 10h video services BIOS interrupt