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What name of the GNU Project boot loader is short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader?
GNU GRUB
What is the reference implementation of the Free Software Foundation's Multiboot Specification?
GNU GRUB
What Free Software Foundation spec provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple OSes installed on a computer or select a kernel configuration available on a particular operating system's partitions?
Multiboot Specification
What finds the primary bootable device (usually the computer's hard disk) and runs the initial bootstrap program from the master boot record (MBR)?
BIOS
What is the first sector of a hard disk and is where the initial bootstrap program has to fit?
The master boot record
What program does the BIO run from the master boot record in the primary bootable device?
The bootstrap program
What in BIOS-based systems has the duty to access the content of kernel files so it can be loaded into RAM and executed (the concept of a file system is unknown to the BIOS)?
The boot loader
What is a program that boots an operating system by configuring it and starting the kernel?
A boot loader
What was the limit on size of the hard disk sector where the master boot record was stored for a long time, until 2009?
512 bytes