<s>
TianoCore	B-Language
EDK	I-Language
II	I-Language
(	O
formerly	O
Tiano	B-Architecture
)	O
is	O
the	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
by	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EDK	O
is	O
the	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
EFI	O
Development	O
Kit	O
and	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
TianoCore	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TianoCore	B-Language
EDK	I-Language
II	I-Language
is	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
generic	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
services	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Intel	O
released	O
their	O
"	O
Foundation	O
Code	O
"	O
of	O
their	O
EFI	O
implementation	O
using	O
a	O
free	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
later	O
evolved	O
into	O
EDK	O
and	O
EDK	O
II	O
,	O
within	O
the	O
TianoCore	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EDK	O
II	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
under	O
the	O
package	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
Development	O
Kit	O
"	O
(	O
UDK2010	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
EDK	O
II	O
implements	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
specification	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
endorsed	O
by	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Device
Forum	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
part	O
of	O
TianoCore	B-Language
is	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
shell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
specific	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
vendor	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
an	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
shell	O
feature	O
,	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
shell	O
from	O
TianoCore	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
project	O
PIANO	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
coreboot	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Language
Mu	I-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
EDK-II	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
release	O
of	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
core	O
used	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Surface	I-Device
and	O
Hyper-V	O
products	O
initiated	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
December	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
promotes	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
Firmware	B-Language
as	I-Language
a	I-Language
Service	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
to	O
replace	O
TianoCore	B-Language
's	O
edk2	B-Language
implementation	O
to	O
improve	O
quality	O
tests	O
of	O
the	O
competing	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
UEFI	B-Architecture
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EFIDroid	B-Language
is	O
a	O
bootloader	O
for	O
Android	O
devices	O
based	O
on	O
Snapdragon	O
processors	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
EDK-II	O
.	O
</s>
