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BIOS, or firmware
A small program inside a console. It starts the games.
Emulator
An app that acts like a console.
Core
One emulator inside RetroArch. RetroArch uses a different core for each console.
Setup
What you play with: RetroArch, Batocera, EmuDeck and others.
BIOS folder
The folder where your setup looks for BIOS files.
Pack
The ZIP file with every BIOS file for one setup. Made for the setups most people download.
Platform
A setup, as the project's data calls it.
ZIP
One file that holds many files. You unzip it to get them out.
Terminal
A window where you type commands.
Installer
The small program the command starts. It fills your BIOS folder.
Hash
A fingerprint of a file's contents. A different file gets a different hash.
MD5 / SHA-1
Two kinds of hash, a file's fingerprint. Setups that check files list one.
Region
Where a console was sold: Japan, North America, Europe.
Required and optional
Required: games do not start without it. Optional: games start anyway.
Game data
Files from your own copy of a PC game, like Doom. Not a BIOS.

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