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The BIOS is stored in non-volatile memory. Traditionally it was stored in ROM (Read-only Memory). EEPROMs (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories) was later introduced, introducing the ability to upgrade or update the BIOS using a disk or diskette, without using special tools.

More commonly you will now find Flash memory used to store the BIOS.