The first instructor of bootstrap loader program of an operating system is stored in ____________.
When the computer is switched on, the CPU first runs code stored in ROM, the BIOS (or UEFI firmware). This firmware does the power-on self-test (POST) and then loads the bootstrap loader from disk.
RAM is empty at power-on.
Answer: (C) BIOS
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