EFI

Short for Extensible Firmware Interface, EFI is a new firmware standard developed by Intel and introduced with the release of IA-64 that greatly improves the features available in the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The EFI specification was made into a general standard known as UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface).

EFI changes

• Getting rid of the boot loader, allowing the firmware to select the operating system.
• EFI enables vendors to create drivers that cannot be reverse engineered.
• Contains a small shell that runs at boot, allowing a small and manageable working environment without anything on the computer.

BIOS, Boot, Computer acronyms, Firmware, GPT, Motherboard terms, TLA, UEFI