SSC
COMPUTER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The program which takes the computer through steps that lead up to the loading of the operating system (OS)
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The program responsible for loading the drives for peripheral devices like the keyboard and mouse
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T he computer’s initial start-up process
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The device used to attach the ROM to the computer’s motherboard
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bootstrap Loader-Process of locating the operating system. If capable Operating system located BIOS will pass the control to it. BIOS-Software / Drivers which interfaces between the operating system and your hardware.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the computer is turned on or restarted, the bootstrap loader first performs the power-on self-test, also known as POST. If the POST is successful and no issues are found, the bootstrap loader loads the operating system for the computer into memory. The computer can then access, load, and run the operating system.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Correct Answer is BIOS. The first instructor of the bootstrap loader program of an operating system is stored in BIOS(Basic Input/Output System). The bootstrap loader is a programme that resides on the EPROM, ROM or other non-volatile memory of the machine.
Detailed explanation-4: -The process involves a chain of stages, in which at each stage, a smaller, simpler program loads and then executes the larger, more complicated program of the next stage. It is in this sense that the computer “pulls itself up by its bootstraps"; i.e., it improves itself by its own efforts.