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CMOS is a small component cluster on a computer motherboard which hold a very small amount of simple information. It has a large button battery which supplies the needed power to preform one of its main functions: Keep date and time. It also holds vital system settings.

Basicly, It is a small memory componant, but users can not store data on it aside from system boot settings.

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