Common Acronyms and Definitions of Ubuntu Terms

BIOS

DMI - Desktop Management Interface

• A conceptual layer that separates computer system components (hardware) and the software that manages them.
• The SMBIOS works with the BIOS that consolidates and compiles this data (DMI Pool Data) to be used by the operating system.

DMI Pool Data

The DMI pool data is the information that is passed to the operating system. from the BIOS and SMBIOS. In short, when the BIOS is

When you see: "Verifying DMI pool data" the DMI is verifying the table of data it sends to the operating system

SMBIOS