A computer uses a bootstrap. Which of the following shows the part of a computer of which the bootstrap is an example?

AApplication software

BFirmware ✓ Correct

CHard disk drive

DIP address

Correct answer: (B) Firmware

Explanation

A bootstrap program is stored in firmware, the software permanently held on a hardware chip to start the computer.

Application software means user-facing programs like word processors, loaded after the system starts.

A hard disk drive is a storage device, hardware rather than the startup program itself.

An IP address is a network identifier, not a category of software.

The bootstrap loads the operating system into memory when the machine powers on.

Firmware such as the BIOS or UEFI bridges hardware and the operating system.

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