Extensible Firmware Interface Specification
370 12/12/00 Version 1.02
Simple File System Protocol
A component of the File System Protocol. It provides a minimal interface for file-type
access to a device.
Simple Input Protocol
A protocol that is used to obtain input from the ConsoleIn device. It is one of two
protocols that make up the Console I/O Protocol.
Simple Network Protocol
A protocol that is used to provide a packet-level interface to a network adapter. Also
called the EFI Simple Network Protocol.
Simple Text Output Protocol
A protocol that is used to control text-based output devices. It is one of two protocols
that make up the Console I/O Protocol.
SMBIOS
See System Management BIOS.
StandardError
The device handle that corresponds to the device used to display error messages to the
user from the boot services environment.
Status Codes
Success, error, and warning codes returned by boot services and runtime services
functions.
String
All strings in this specification are implemented in Unicode.
System Abstraction Layer (SAL)
Firmware that abstracts platform implementation differences, and provides the basic
platform software interface to all higher level software.
System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
A table-based interface that is required by the Wired for Management Baseline
Specification. It is used to relate platform-specific management information to the OS or
to an OS-based management agent.