Why BIOS maps in range 0x000F0000-0x000FFFF ?

From: Lalatendu Das <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:33:00 -0800 (PST)

Why BIOS is mapped to 0x000F0000-0x000FFFF address range.
I know it has to be within 1 MB but my doubt is why it is above
particular range(0x000F0000-0x000FFFF ) within 1 MB.
Is it simply a standard or it has some significance ?

Thanks
Das

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