Terms starting with B

3 terms in Operating systems

  • BIOS

    Operating systems › Boot & firmware

    BIOS is the motherboard firmware that tests hardware at power-on, initializes components and hands control to the operating system loader.

  • Boot order

    Operating systems › Boot & firmware

    Boot order is the firmware's prioritized list of devices and boot entries it tries, in sequence, to find and start an operating…

  • Bootloader

    Operating systems › Boot & firmware

    A bootloader is the small program that firmware starts after power-on to locate, load and launch the operating system kernel from a…