A CPU has just been powered on and it immediately executes a machine code instruction. What is the most likely type of instruction that it executed?
A) a halt instruction
B) a store instruction
C) a load instruction
D) a jump instruction

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Upon powering on, a CPU typically starts executing instructions from a predefined memory location, often performing a jump instruction to the start of the firmware (such as BIOS or UEFI) to begin the boot process.

A CPU Has Just Been Powered on and It Immediately