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initial program load

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See IPL.

(operating system)Initial Program Load - (IPL) The procedure used to (re-)start a computer system by copying the operating system kernel into main memory and running it. Part of the boot sequence.
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Compaq Computer Corporation and Intel Corporation, today released the BIOS Boot Specification, a tightly defined set of instructions that standardizes PC system boot procedures and enables a PC to boot from virtually any device containing the specification's new Initial Program Load (IPL) identification.
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Award has helped define the Universal Serial BUS BIOS interface specification and now is focusing on implementing the Setup/POST and Initial Program Load (IPL) code to be ready for early silicon designers who adopt USB.
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