Initial Program Load

<operating system>

(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.

Last updated: 1997-08-31

Nearby terms:

Initial Operational Test and Evaluation ♦ Initial Program Load ♦ Initial Program Loader

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