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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

boot

A short sequence of machine-code instructions used for loading the program which starts up the computer. It is normally held in read-only memory and activated when the machine is switched on. This process is sometimes referred to as booting. It loads or initialises the operating system ready for use.

Related terms
boot upreadyrebootrestartmemoryread-onlyloadsystem promptboot file
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Software › systems software
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