Can the program on a motherboard still be called "BIOS"?

[Just Chill]

I recently had a very weird discussion with a person on my friend list about the BIOS of a motherboard.

I know the original BIOS (that one with the blue background) is long gone.
https://static.giga.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BIOS-Old.jpg

However, now with the new EFI, UEFI or whatever upgraded motherboard programs, there is still the term BIOS present.
Like EFI BIOS Utility
https://static.giga.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BIOS-UEFI-New.jpg
or Click BIOS 5
https://storage-asset.msi.com/global/picture/news/2020/mb/uefi-bios-1.gif
or UEFI DualBios
https://images.gutefrage.net/media/fragen/bilder/uefi-bios-boot-option-uefi-0/0_big.jpg?v=1423446077000

The person still want me to believe that this is a wrong term so we rather should call it only UEFI now?

I am still used to the term BIOS as of Basic Input Output System and I think many other people either call it BIOS, no?
So is that still legit?

[Omega]

It's indeed UEFI, BIOS is no longer used. But when talking about it it's still refered to as BIOS.

We still call it BIOS because it would be too much effort to explain that UEFI is the modern replacement of BIOS to everyone. And BIOS just sounds better.

It is common in tech to refer to things using names which are technically incorrect or not very specific.

[Just Chill]

So basically all these UEFI's shouldn't use the name BIOS then? oO

As for me, Basic Input Output System was rather a term than only a label for a specific software.

Omega eredeti hozzászólása:

It is common in tech to refering to things using names which are technically incorrect or not very specific.

Fair enough. Thanks for the edit. ^^

The whole thing got ballistic by that one person naming it BIOS too.

So I probably stick with calling it BIOS too, especially if even the manufacturers of such programs call it like that. XD

[Omega]

When someone says BIOS most people think about the interface used to control your motherboard and not the technical specification the abbreviation is refering to.

It should be considered a new word, just like LED is an officially recognized word in some languages. Because it's considered a word and not an abbreviation it's written in lowercase letters "led". We should put bios in the dictionary also.

[Just Chill]

Omega eredeti hozzászólása:

We should put bios in the dictionary also.

Yeah, that would be pretty good.

Like right now, I see that some people freak out if you call any motherboard program BIOS, just because it's the more common term and even the current labelling by MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, ... is pretty misleading in that case. ^^

[Supafly]

Just Chill eredeti hozzászólása:

So I probably stick with calling it BIOS too, especially if even the manufacturers of such programs call it like that. XD

May as well as it really would confuse others if you're trying to help them and tell them to go to their UEFI to make changes. Mainly confusing as Motherboard Manufacturers still refer to it as Bios so even it they check the manual it'd say Bios