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Firmware and booting

Processes

Windows
- 9x
- NT
Linux
- Android

Booting firmware

Types	Proprietary firmware Open-source firmware Custom firmware
Interfaces	UEFI BIOS Video BIOS Open Firmware ACPI MultiProcessor Specification APM Legacy Plug and Play AlphaBIOS SRM SFI
Implementations	SeaBIOS Award BIOS American Megatrends AMIBIOS AMI Aptio InsydeH2O Phoenix SecureCore UEFI TianoCore EDK II OpenBIOS Coreboot Libreboot LinuxBoot Kickstart Run-Time Abstraction Services

Hybrid firmware bootloader

Implementations	Acronis OS Selector Barebox BootManager BootX (Apple) BootX (Linux) GNU GRUB iBoot systemd-boot Limine loadlin MILO NTLDR OpeniBoot Plop Boot Manager RedBoot rEFInd rEFIt SYSLINUX Windows Boot Manager xOSL Yaboot

Partition layouts

Utilities

Software	flashrom fwupd UEFITool Odin Heimdall
Hardware	Bus Pirate Raspberry Pi ft2232

ROM variants

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