OS - Boot Loader

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The boot loader is a loader that load the OS. The boot loader is called by the BIOS during the computer booting process (power-on startup).

The boot process for embedded device was revolutionized by the introduction of integrated circuit read-only memory (ROM).

Loading 8K BASIC into a teletype Altair.

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