What is UEFI?

What is UEFI, I mentioned it at What is GPT, but not clear. Here I would like to give more details about it. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, UEFI, is a new firmware interface specification that is designed to replace...

What is GPT

GPT stands for GUID Partition Table. The widespread MBR partitioning scheme, dating from the early 1980s, imposed limitations which affect the use of modern hardware. Intel therefore developed a new partition-table format in the late 1990s as part of what...