<s>
Advanced	B-Device
RISC	I-Device
Computing	I-Device
(	O
ARC	B-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
specification	O
promulgated	O
by	O
a	O
defunct	O
consortium	O
of	O
computer	O
manufacturers	O
(	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Device
Computing	I-Device
Environment	I-Device
project	O
)	O
,	O
setting	O
forth	O
a	O
standard	O
MIPS	O
RISC-based	B-Architecture
computer	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
and	O
firmware	B-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firmware	B-Application
on	O
Alpha	B-Device
machines	O
that	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
ARC	B-Device
is	O
known	O
as	O
AlphaBIOS	B-Device
,	O
non-ARC	O
firmware	B-Application
on	O
Alpha	B-Device
is	O
known	O
as	O
SRM	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
ACE	O
went	O
defunct	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
computer	O
was	O
ever	O
manufactured	O
which	O
fully	O
complied	O
with	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
standard	O
,	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
system	O
has	O
a	O
widespread	O
legacy	O
in	O
that	O
all	O
operating	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
use	O
ARC	B-Device
conventions	O
for	O
naming	O
boot	B-Operating_System
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SGI	O
's	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
firmware	B-Application
is	O
named	O
ARCS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
SGI	O
computers	O
which	O
run	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
6.1	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Indy	B-Operating_System
and	O
Octane	B-Device
,	O
boot	B-Operating_System
from	O
an	O
ARCS	B-Device
console	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
drive	O
naming	O
conventions	O
as	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
various	O
RISC-based	B-Architecture
computers	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
have	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
boot	B-Operating_System
console	O
to	O
boot	B-Operating_System
NT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
most	O
Windows	O
NT-capable	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
computers	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
RS/6000	I-Device
40P	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
predicted	O
that	O
Intel	O
IA-32-based	O
computers	O
would	O
adopt	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
console	O
,	O
although	O
only	O
SGI	O
ever	O
marketed	O
such	O
machines	O
with	O
ARC	B-Device
firmware	B-Application
(	O
namely	O
,	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
Visual	I-Device
Workstation	I-Device
series	O
,	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
1999	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
UEFI	O
,	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
firmware	B-Application
also	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
FAT	O
,	O
boot	B-Operating_System
variables	O
,	O
C-calling	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
extensibility	O
as	O
UEFI	O
and	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
governance	O
like	O
with	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Device
Forum	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Products	O
complying	O
(	O
to	O
some	O
degree	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
standard	O
include	O
these	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SGI	B-Application
Indigo²	I-Application
,	O
Indy	B-Operating_System
,	O
Challenge	B-Application
,	O
Onyx	B-General_Concept
,	O
Origin	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
