It loads the first piece of software that starts a computer.
boot
10
It is physical media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive or other removable media supported by a machine BIOS as a boot device) that boots on any PC-compatible machine.
bootable media
15
restarts the computer
warm boot
10
Turn on a computer from off state. It is also called as hard boot.
cold boot
10
A term use to devices that will work without requiring driver installation.
plug n play
10
It is a software program that enables a specific hardware device to work.
drivers
10
It is common term for an application.
app
10
They are simple applications/icons that you can place on your desktop or dashboard.
widget
10
They are applications that can be use by the end users for free.
open source or freeware
10
It is licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder also known as closed source or paid apps.
proprietary software
10
It provides users for a certain limited trial basis and pursuant to a license which restricts any commercial benefit, use or exploitation of the software.
trial ware
10
It allows a customer or organization to purchase for a specific period for a set of price.
subscription-based app
10
It is a section of a storage and is treated by the operating system as a separate logical volume.
partition
10
It involves testing the disk and writing a new file system onto the disk.
format
10
They are devices for recording (storing) information (data).