Not sure if you're serious but the answer is the boot loader. Although, it doesn't stick around after the OS has started.
Not sure if you're serious but the answer is the boot loader. Although, it doesn't stick around after the OS has started.
Well the boot loader is stored in ROM, which is run by a set of hard coded instructions in a CPU, executed when it's turned on. Then the boot loader will do it's very simple tasks to start the OS, then the OS takes over.
Explained here.Originally Posted by Sipher
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Actually, there is no point. The first result I get is really the one that whiteflags' linked to, which adequately explains the thing. You're trolling at this point.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
"drawing a baited line through the water," or fishing for an argument.
Is that bad? I'm just kidding.
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