(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor; pr. ‘see-moss’) A special type of memory which retains its data when the PC is switched off, used to store settings for things like what type of hard disk you have, and how much memory. The settings are accessed via the- BIOS.
A semiconductor technology in which pairs of metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOFSETs), one N-type and one P-type, are integrated on a single silicon chip.