Which of the following stores the program to initially boot the computer and only allows reading?

ROM stores the program that first boots the computer and only permits reading.

RAM is read write and loses its contents at power off, so it cannot keep the boot program permanently.

RAM and ROM together is wrong, since RAM does not hold the boot code.

Peripheral memory refers to external devices, not the boot storage.

The boot code in ROM stays intact whenever the machine is powered on.

This start up firmware is often called the BIOS.