The long term of CMOS battery is Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor battery. This battery is used in computer.
MEANING OF CMOS BATTERY.
CMOS battery is the battery in computer hardware systems that is used to store time system, date system of all hardware components in computer. CMOS battery can also be defined as the memory that is used to store all bios settings in computer system.
OTHER/ALTERNATIVE NAMES FOR CMOS BATTERY.
Most of the books preferred to name its as CMOS battery but in other books and some companies named it as.
1. REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC).
2. NON VOLATILE RAM (NVRAM).
OTHER DEVICES THAT USES CMOS BATTERY.
There are numbers of devices that uses CMOS battery such as:
1. Microprocessors.
2. Digital circuits.
3. Micro controllers.
LIFE TIME OF CMOS BATTERY.
CMOS battery can be used for a long time with out any problem. Mostly of the CMOS last or expired after twelve 12 years. The life of CMOS battery is 12 years.
FUNCTIONS/BENEFITS OF CMOS BATTERY.
1. CMOS battery used to store time.
2. CMOS battery used to store date.
3. CMOS battery used to store all BIOS settings in computer system.
4. CMOS battery are also used to reset BIOS settings in computer system.
