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# Boot Loaders

## Boot Loaders

> A boot loader is a computer program that loads an operating system or some other system software for the computer after completion of the power-on self-tests; it is the loader for the operating system itself. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting)

## U-Boot

> Das U-Boot (Universal Bootloader) is an open source, primary boot loader used in embedded devices to package the instructions to boot the device's operating system kernel. It is available for a number of computer architectures, including 68k, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, MicroBlaze, MIPS, Nios, SuperH, PPC and x86.- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_U-Boot)