All the instructions and procedures needed to start up a computer, to the point it can load an operating system, are stored in ROM chips. In IBM compatible PCs this is called the _______ .
A. RAM BIOS
B. ROM BIOS
C. EPROM
D. POST
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
Solution(By Examveda Team)
The BIOS in a PC stored on a ROM chip. Early PCs used a ROM BIOS, but PCs today use a flash memory BIOS because it can be updated in place. In order to update a ROM BIOS, the computer case had to be opened, and the ROM chip had to be located and replaced.This Question Belongs to Computer Fundamentals >> Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous
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