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  1. The program that is responsible for loading the operating system into RAM is called

  2. A.

     BIOS

    B.

     Bootstrap program

    C.

     Device driver

    D.

     Supervisor program

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    Answer : Option B

    Explanation :

    A bootstrap is the program that initializes the operating system (OS) during startup. The term bootstrap or bootstrapping originated in the early 1950s. It referred to a bootstrap load button that was used to initiate a hardwired bootstrap program, or smaller program that executed a larger program such as the OS.


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