Paper 1 · ICT
Which of the following stores the program to initially boot the computer and only allows reading?
ARAM
BROM ✓ Correct
CRAM and ROM
DPeripheral memory
Correct answer: (B) ROM — The boot program is stored in ROM, which allows only reading, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The boot program is stored in ROM, which allows only reading, so that is the answer.
★ROM is read-only memory whose contents cannot be changed in normal use.
★It holds the start-up program that boots the computer.
★So ROM stores the boot program and only allows reading.
★RAM allows writing and loses its data at power-off.
★So the answer is ROM.
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