which made the PC industry possible. The BIOS enabled software designed for the IBM PC to run in non-IBM PCs. See BIOS and Phoenix Award BIOS. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

The IBM PC spawned the basic architecture that grew into the dominant Wintel platform we know today. Once heavy, cumbersome and power thirsty, it’s a machine that you can now emulate on a single ...