How does the o/s get booted when the computer is turned on for the very first time, who does that?

Question

when the computer is turned on for the first time, how does the operating system gets loaded from the hard disk to the ram? cause the o/s permits the programs to get booted but if the o/s is also in the hard disk, who permits it to be booted?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Fun fact: “booting” was named such because it’s when the computer picks itself up by its bootstraps.