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Self-booting disk
A self-booting disk is a floppy disk for home computers or personal computers that loads—or boots—directly into a standalone application when the system
removable disk formats obsolete. External USB-based floppy disk drives are still available, and many modern systems provide firmware support for booting from
Runtime system
load a separate operating system, change disks, and boot the applications program. SpeedStart software from the CP/M Applications Library also: […] Provides
the Z80 chip. The Z80 controls the bus on initial boot-up and checks to see if there is a CP/M disk in the drive, if there are any C64/C128 cartridges
in the boot sector itself or by other programs loaded through the boot process. A non-disk device such as a network adapter attempts booting by a procedure