| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | BIOS boot order | BIOS 開機順序 (A list of all potential bootable devices listed in booting order. If the boot on the first device on the list does not yield a valid boot sector, the BIOS proceeds with the next device in the list) |
| comp., MS | BIOS enumerator | BIOS 列舉程式 (In a non-ACPI Plug and Play system, the BIOS enumerator identifies the hardware devices on the motherboard of the computer. The BIOS supports a programming interface that allows all Plug and Play computers to be queried in a common manner) |
| comp., MS | flash the BIOS | BIOS 更新 (To update the computer's BIOS software with a new version) |
| comp., MS | Plug and Play BIOS | 隨插即用 Plug and Play BIOS (A BIOS with responsibility for configuring Plug and Play cards and system-board devices during system power up. Provides runtime configuration services for system board devices after startup) |
| comp., MS | system management BIOS | 系統管理 BIOS (A BIOS developed to enable system-related information, such as information about hardware, to be gathered from computers on a network) |