Boot Glossary
Browse 4 boot terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Boot Terms
- BIOS
- BIOS, or Basic Input/Output System, is firmware stored on a chip on the computer's motherboard that initializes and tests hardware components during the boot...
- Bootloader
- A small program that runs first when a device powers on, responsible for initializing hardware and loading the main operating system or application firmware...
- Root of Trust
- A hardware or software component assumed trustworthy enough to bootstrap secure verification of a system. It shows up in application security, identity,...
- UEFI
- UEFI, or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, is the modern firmware specification that has largely replaced the traditional BIOS as the interface between a...
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- Hardware (2 terms in common)
- Hardware Security (1 terms in common)
- Embedded (1 terms in common)
- System (1 terms in common)
- Trusted Computing (1 terms in common)
- Legacy (1 terms in common)
- Modern (1 terms in common)