bios
/ˈbaɪ.ɒs/US/ˈbaɪ.oʊs/
bios noun: a vitamin essential for the growth of yeast, since found to be several B vitamins. Also the plural of bio.
Noun (1)
bios
Noun (2)
bios (plural bioi)
- A particular mode of life, a qualified life.
Noun (3) capitalized: BIOS
BIOS (plural BIOSes)
- Acronym of Basic Input/Output System.
- Toshiba manufactures the chip set and the 8- to 10-MHz bus; the BIOS, shadowable in both system and video modes, is licensed from Award.1991 March 12, PC Mag, volume 10, number 5
- any firmware user interface that provides similar functionality as BIOS, such as UEFI.
Also used as
bios is also the plural of bio.
bios meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bios in Hindi
- बायोस
bios in Tamil
- பயோஸ்
bios in Marathi
- बायोस, बायोस्
bios in Urdu
- بائیوس, بایوس
More languagesFewer languages
- bios in Bengali
- বায়োস, বায়োস্
- bios in Telugu
- బయోస్
- bios in Malayalam
- ബയോസ്
- bios in Kannada
- ಬಯೋಸ್
- bios in Punjabi
- ਬਾਇਓਸ, ਬਾਯੋਸ
- bios in Gujarati
- બાયોસ
- bios in Odia
- ବାଯ଼ୋସ୍, ବାଯ଼ୋସ
- bios in Nepali
- बायोस, बायोस्, बायस
Forms of bios
| plural | bioi |
|---|---|
| plural | BIOSes |
Origin of bios
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life, the good life”), first distinguished in this particular sense by Giorgio Agamben. Doublet of jiva and quick.
Words formed from bios
Questions about bios
- What does bios mean?
- Bios means a vitamin essential for the growth of yeast, since found to be several B vitamins.
- What is bios in Hindi?
- Bios in Hindi is बायोस. See Bios meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bios?
- Bios is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bios?
- Bios is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.ɒs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bios?
- The plural of bios is bioi.
Words near bios in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bios (page history and authors); BIOS (page history and authors); bios (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bios (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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