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Bios having macro/effector pairs for hardware initialization

US6785806B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 29, 2000
Grant dateAug 31, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4403
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A BIOS having a set of effectors to initialize harware within the system. The BIOS having a set of macros, each macro of the set of macros having a reference to an effector of the set of effectors, each macro of the set of macros having a set of arguments.

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