Short biographical sketches or profiles, typically brief descriptions of someone's life and achievements. Also refers to Basic Input/Output System in computing contexts.
Plural of 'bio', shortened from 'biography', which comes from Greek 'bios' (life) and 'graphein' (to write). The computing sense emerged in the 1970s as an acronym for Basic Input/Output System, coincidentally sharing the Greek root.
It's fascinating that 'bios' works perfectly for both life stories and computer startup systems - the Greek word 'bios' meaning life accidentally became the perfect metaphor for the system that 'brings a computer to life' when it boots up!
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