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| has gloss | eng: BootX is a software-based bootloader designed and developed by Apple Inc. for use on the company's Macintosh computer range. BootX is used to prepare the computer for use by loading all required device drivers and then starting-up Mac OS X by booting the kernel on all PowerPC Macintoshes running the Mac OS X 10.2 operating system or later versions. Using BootROM, a read-only memory (ROM) computer chip containing OpenFirmware, a graphical frontend is shown briefly on all compatible Macintosh computers as a grey Apple logo with a spinning cursor that appears during the startup sequence. The program is freely available as part of the Darwin operating system under the open source Apple Public Source License. This was known as the Macintosh Toolbox, or the Old World ROM, and differs greatly from design the modern Macintosh which generally use a hard drive of large capacity to store the operating system. |
| lexicalization | eng: BootX |
| instance of | (noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand" software, software package, computer software, software system, package, software program |
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| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: BootX è il boot loader usato sui computer Macintosh prodotti dalla Apple e serve per caricare il sistema operativo Mac OS X. BootX trova il kernel e i driver necessari per avviare il sistema, li carica nella memoria e lancia il kernel. |
| lexicalization | ita: BootX |
| Japanese | |
| has gloss | jpn: BootXは、アップルがかつて開発したていたPowerPC向けMac OS XとMac OS X Server及びDarwinのソフトウェアベースのブートローダー。Mac OS X v10.2からMac OS X v10.5まで採用されてきたが、PowerPCのサポートが終了したMac OS X v10.6には搭載されていない(Intel向けMac OS Xではboot.efi利用)。 脚注 |
| lexicalization | jpn: BootX |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: BootX is de naam van een bootloader die op Apple Macintosh (PowerPC) systemen gebruikt wordt om het besturingssysteem Mac OS X te laden. |
| lexicalization | nld: BootX |
| Media | |
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| media:img | BootX.png |
| media:img | MacOSXVerboseMode.gif |
| media:img | NewworldbootOS9.gif |
| media:img | Oldworldboot.gif |
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