Beginner Computer Architecture & Organization
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What is the purpose of "BIOS/UEFI" during the computer's startup process?

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The correct answer is A) It performs initial hardware checks (POST), initializes hardware components, and then locates and starts the boot process for the operating system

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Correct Answer

It performs initial hardware checks (POST), initializes hardware components, and then locates and starts the boot process for the operating system

Explanation

BIOS (or its modern successor UEFI) is firmware that runs immediately at power-on, performing a Power-On Self-Test (POST), initializing essential hardware, and then handing control to the bootloader to start the OS.

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