baɪ mˈæskɚɹˌeɪdɪŋ æz ɐ pˌiːˈiː slˈæʃ kˈɔf ˈɪmɪdʒ ænd ɐpˈɪɹɪŋ tə ðə fˈɜːmwɛɹ æz ɐ jˈuːfi ˌæplɪkˈeɪʃən, ɐn ˈɛks ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks kˈɜːnəl ˈɪmɪdʒ wɪð ˌiːˌɛfˈaɪ bˈuːt stˈʌb ɛnˈeɪbəld kæn biː dᵻɹˈɛktli lˈoʊdᵻd ænd ˈɛksᵻkjˌuːɾᵻd baɪ ɐ jˈuːfi fˈɜːmwɛɹ.
By masquerading as a PE/COFF image and appearing to the firmware as a UEFI application, an x86 kernel image with EFI Boot Stub enabled can be directly loaded and executed by a UEFI firmware.