Alan of OZ: I was wondering if anyone else out there who knows what "BIOS" stands for would post it here. :) Many of these computer related acronyms have become so commonplace that people have either forgotten, or do not ever learn what they stand for. for example, does anyone know what CMOS stands for?

by the way, Pedant is pronounced /pe'dant/ with the /e/ being short and the stress being on the first syllable.

Cheers,

Ireland