What is the name given to the process of initializing a microcomputer with its operating system?

A Cold booting
B Booting
C Warm booting
D Boot recording
E None of the above

Correct Answer: Booting

Booting is the process of starting a computer. It can be initiated by hardware such as a button press or by a software command. After it is switched on, a CPU has no software in its main memory, so some processes must load software into memory before execution.
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