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by mwcampbell 1615 days ago
> But then (U)EFI is an OS in itself

Would it be accurate to describe (U)EFI as being like MS-DOS (i.e. single-tasking), but running in protected mode?

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UEFI technically isn't single-tasking, it has a task scheduler.
Indeed, UEFI is the modern DOS.