UEFI vs BIOS

UEFI is the abbreviation of ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ , which is a firmware interface for computers and it works as a " middleman " to connect a computer's firmware to its operating system . It is used to initialize the ____________________ ____________________ and start the ____________________ ____________________ stored on the hard disk drive when the computer starts up .

BIOS is short for ____________________ ____________________ / ____________________ ____________________ , also known as system BIOS , ROM BIOS or PC BIOS . It is firmware embedded on the chip on the computer's motherboard . The BIOS setup utility is accessed in various ways depending on your computer or motherboard . Normally , you can access BIOS by pressing a specific key while the computer boots like ____________________ , ____________________ or ____________________ . The key to enter BIOS can be different according to different types of your computer .

In the BIOS setup screen , you can configure various ____________________ like the ____________________ ____________________ of the computer , ____________________ ____________________ and ____________________ ____________________ , etc . The setting results will be saved to the memory on your motherboard .

UEFI vs BIOS
Compared with BIOS , UEFI has the following advantages :

1 . ____________________ enables users to handle drives that are larger than 2 TB , while the old legacy ____________________ couldn't handle large storage drives .

2 . ____________________ supports more than 4 primary partitions with a GUID Partition Table .

3 . Computers who use UEFI firmware have faster booting process than the BIOS .

4 . UEFI supports ____________________ ____________________ , which means that the validity of the operating system can be checked to ensure that no malware tampers with the startup process .

5 . UEFI supports ____________________ ____________________ in the UEFI firmware itself , which helps remote troubleshooting and UEFI configuration .

6 . UEFI has a simpler ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ and also has much richer setup menus than legacy BIOS .

The ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( ____________________ ) is the information in the first sector of a hard disk or a removable drive . . It identifies how and where the system's operating system ( OS ) is located in order to be booted ( loaded ) into the computer's main storage or random access memory ( RAM ) .

During the boot process , the first thing that happens is the POST or ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ . Once the POST is complete , the ____________________ , or Basic lnput / Output System , is activated .