V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
POR
Power-On Reset (BIOS)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
POR
Point Of Return (IN)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
power-on reset
POR
(POR) The processes that take place when a
hardware device is turned on. This may include running
power-on self-test or reloading software from
non-volatile storage. The term implies that the device
has some reasonably complex internal state that will be
set back to a "normal" initial condition. This state may
include the physical state of the device (e.g. a printer)
as well as data in the memory of an embedded system.
If a device has no reset button, and sometimes even
if it does, turning it off and on again (power
cycling) may be the only way to clear a fault.
(2012-02-09)