Noun
ARMD (uncountable)
(pathology) Abbreviation of age-related macular degeneration.
Similarly to a floppy drive, if bootable media is present in the ARMD drive, the BIOS will boot from it; if not, the BIOS will continue in the search order, usually with the hard drive last. Source: Internet
Originally ARMD caused the devices to appear as a sort of very large floppy drive, either the primary floppy drive device 00h or the secondary device 01h. Source: Internet
Usually an ARMD device is configured earlier in the boot order than the hard drive. Source: Internet