Computer Science GCSE
Start-up and firmware
What Start-up and firmware means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Start-up and firmware
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Reference: OCR
ROM stores fixed instructions such as the bootstrap/BIOS program used at start-up, running the power-on self-test and locating the boot loader.
Topics that use Start-up and firmware
- Primary storage (memory) (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Cache
- Cache size
- Computer start-up sequence
- CPU access to instructions and data
- Page file or swap file
- Primary storage
- Speed and performance
- Swapping
Using Start-up and firmware in the exam
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