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erating system> A short ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=program">program loaded from {non-volatile storage} and used to {bootstrap} a computer. On early computers great efforts were expended on making the bootstrap loader short, in order to make it easy to ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=toggle">toggle in via the ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=front panel">front panel switches. It was just clever enough to read in a slightly more complex ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=program">program (usually from ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=punched cards">punched cards or ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=paper tape">paper tape), to which it handed control. This ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=program">program in turn read the ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=application">application or {operating system} from a {magnetic tape} drive or {disk drive}. Thus, in successive steps, the ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=computer">computer "pulled itself up by its bootstraps" to a useful operating state. Nowadays the bootstrap loader is usually found in ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ROM">ROM or ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ePROM">ePROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=disk">disk, called the "ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=boot block">boot block". When this ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=program">program gains control, it is powerful enough to load the actual ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=OS">OS and hand control over to it. A ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=diskless workstation">diskless workstation can use ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bootp">bootp to load its OS from the network. (2005-04-12)

e="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents:
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ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3483">disk ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3485">disk drive ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3489">diskless workstation ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3752">du ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3834">e ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3896">ed ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4119">eP ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4127">ePROM ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4148">er ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4150">era ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4171">es ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4199">et ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4497">fi ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4520">file ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4595">fix ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4700">fo ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4727">for ] [ 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ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">it ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6789">ke ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6822">ki ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6918">la ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7091">Lex ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7107">li ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7260">load ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7281">location ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7441">ly ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7457">M ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7463">ma ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8032">mo ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8040">mod ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8079">module ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8167">mp ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8384">N ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8386">na ] [ 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tape ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9457">pe ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9550">ph ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9651">pl ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9907">PR ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9908">pr ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10023">program ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10071">PROM ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10164">pull ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10173">punched card ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10253">query ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10364">rc ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10385">re ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10754">rl ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10767">ro ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10782">ROM ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10918">S ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11150">se ] [ 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ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12721">to ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12728">toggle ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12777">tp ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12787">tr ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12834">trap ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12939">tw ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12986">ua ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13008">ug ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13146">up ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13175">us ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13310">ve ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13366">vi ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13496">volatile ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13498">volatile storage ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13841">workstation ]






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