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To load the first piece of software that starts a computer.

Because the operating system (Windows) is essential for running all other programs, it is usually the first piece of software loaded during the boot process.

Boot is short for bootstrap, which in olden days was a strap attached to the top of your boot that you could pull to help get your boot on. Hence, the expression "pull oneself up by your bootstraps."

Q. "I frequently get email (usually from friends) that tell about a new virus and I am asked to pass the email on to everybody I know. I'm not sure what to do. Should I forward the email to all of the people in my address book?"

A. Most of these "warnings" are hoaxes. Somebody starts the hoax and gets a kick out of having it forwarded around the world. The general rule is... Don't Pass It On. If you want to confirm whether it is a hoax or not you can go to various websites that document hoaxes. Here is one of those sites...

Boston Globe (May 3, 2001) - With a few exceptions, most online content doesn't cost a dime. But the free ride on the Internet may be about to end.

Despite failed attempts to charge for content in the past, many Web publishers and broadcasters are again asking users to pay up when they dial up.

A few weeks ago, Major League Baseball began charging $9.95 for fans to get the audio feed of every game this season. The online magazine Salon.com now offers an annual $30 premium subscription. Variety, the entertainment industry trade organ, recently began charging for access to its Web site.

Last month, the recording industry announced plans for music-subscription services that would require consumers to pay a flat fee for music delivered online. Even Napster, the greatest free-for-all around, has proposed charging its users a monthly fee, starting in July.

The question is: Will anyone buy it? Or, as the founders of the Internet proclaimed, does information need to be free? Stay tuned!

We all know that in the realm of computing, the term bug means a glitch, error, or flaw that can compromise the workings of a computer system.

In 1945, at the Naval Weapons Center in Dalhgren, Virginia, a moth flew into one of the relays of a Harvard Mark II computer and jammed it. Legendary computer science pioneer Grace Hopper found the bug. The moth was removed from the system and taped to the official report of the incident, making that document the first bug report in history.

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