<s>
BeIA	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
BeOS	B-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
Appliances	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
a	O
minimized	O
version	O
of	O
Be	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
BeOS	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
system	O
presents	O
a	O
browser-based	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
4.0	O
code	O
base	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
of	O
times	O
it	O
featured	O
built-in	O
dashboard	O
(	O
like	O
Sony	B-Device
eVilla	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
named	O
Wagner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
runs	O
the	O
Tracker	O
and	O
Deskbar	O
at	O
boot-up	O
,	O
the	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
OS	O
boots	O
straight	O
into	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
interface	O
(	O
only	O
on	O
Compaq	O
IA-1	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
later	O
Google	B-Operating_System
ChromeOS	I-Operating_System
does	O
with	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
browser	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
boot	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
into	O
an	O
interface	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
doing	O
so	O
involves	O
special	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
employs	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
techniques	O
to	O
minimise	O
the	O
system	O
footprint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
filesystem	O
had	O
a	O
similar	O
set	O
of	O
properties	O
to	O
the	O
native	O
BeOS	B-Application
file	O
system	O
BFS	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
features	O
(	O
live	O
queries	O
and	O
attributes	O
)	O
were	O
either	O
broken	O
or	O
non-functional	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
Beta	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeOS	B-Application
uses	O
ELF	O
format	O
executable	O
files	O
,	O
much	O
as	O
many	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeIA	B-Operating_System
uses	O
an	O
extended	O
version	O
of	O
ELF	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
unknown	O
but	O
which	O
has	O
come	O
to	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
CELF	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
CEL	O
magic	O
word	O
within	O
the	O
executable	O
header	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
ELF	O
format	O
executables	O
through	O
a	O
compression	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeIA	B-Operating_System
can	O
run	O
either	O
as	O
CELF	O
or	O
ELF	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
released	O
to	O
developers	O
at	O
stages	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre	O
1.0	O
build	O
-	O
reports	O
to	O
be	O
4.5.2	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
likely	O
a	O
hang	O
over	O
from	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre	O
numbering	O
of	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeIA	B-Operating_System
is	O
believed	O
by	O
many	O
to	O
be	O
partially	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
Be	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
as	O
sales	O
were	O
never	O
anywhere	O
near	O
as	O
high	O
as	O
anticipated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
2001	O
,	O
a	O
Zanussi	O
"	O
internet	O
fridge	O
"	O
toured	O
the	O
US	O
with	O
a	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
powered	O
DT-300	O
webpad	O
docked	O
in	O
its	O
door	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compaq	O
IA-1	O
-	O
sold	O
with	O
either	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
or	O
MSN	B-Operating_System
Companion	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
