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| − | '''BIOS''' (basic input/output system) is a firmware program run on PC, which initiates during the booting of the [[computer]]. It is responsible for initializing the computer's hardware, selecting an [[operating system]], and starting that system.<ref>http://smallbusiness.chron.com/purpose-bios-computer-69278.html</ref> | + | '''BIOS''' (basic input/output system) is a firmware system which runs all modern computers. It initiates during the booting of the [[computer]], and is responsible for initializing the computer's hardware, selecting an [[operating system]], and starting that system.<ref>http://smallbusiness.chron.com/purpose-bios-computer-69278.html</ref> Additionally, if the [[Graphic User Interface|GUI]] [[operating system]] encounters a serious problem which results is what is called a "hard stop error," the computer will usually revert to the BIOS to display an error message. This kind of message is displayed as white text on a blue background, and had become known as the "Blue Screen of Death" or simply a "Blue Screen." |
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| | * [[Linux]] | | * [[Linux]] |
| | * [[IBM]], [[HP]], [[Dell]] and [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] | | * [[IBM]], [[HP]], [[Dell]] and [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] |
| − | * [[Apple Computer]] [[MacOS]] for [[Apple Macintosh]] | + | * [[Apple Computer]] [[Mac OS]] |
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| − | * '''[[Security]] [[Software]] and [[Security-focused operating systems|Security-Focused Operating Systems]]''' to protect [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] ([[Internet privacy]], [[Information privacy]], [[Expectation of privacy]]) and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]] ([[Freedom of information]] and [[Political freedom]]) rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values|American]] [[liberty]]. | + | * '''[[Security]] [[Software]] to protect [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]], rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values|American]] [[liberty]]. |
| | ** '''[[Anonymity]] with [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Operating System]]''': [[Linux]]-based with [[Tor (anonymity network)]], [[Firefox]] [[Iceweasel]] [[browser]], [[HTTPS Everywhere]] [[encryption]] | | ** '''[[Anonymity]] with [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Operating System]]''': [[Linux]]-based with [[Tor (anonymity network)]], [[Firefox]] [[Iceweasel]] [[browser]], [[HTTPS Everywhere]] [[encryption]] |
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