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boot loaders

boot loaders is the plural of boot loader.

Meaning of boot loader

Noun

boot loader (plural boot loaders)

  1. A small program that initiates the bootstrap process by loading the operating system proper.
    • In the case of a PC that runs nothing but Windows, the boot loader in the MBR is hard-coded to check for a secondary boot loader in the active primary partition. This secondary boot loader directly loads the Windows kernel.2007, Roderick W. Smith, Linux+ Study Guide: Exam XK0-002, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 41
    Synonyms:
    boot manager

Questions about boot loaders

What is boot loaders the plural of?
Boot loaders is the plural of boot loader.

Words near boot loaders in the dictionary

  1. boot knives
  2. boot licker
  3. boot lip
  4. boot lips
  5. boot loader
  6. boot loaders
  7. boot loop
  8. boot loops
  9. boot manager
  10. boot managers
  11. boot money

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