sentence: Some network computers use 'boot chips' that get the operating system over a network.
sentences_after: Web phones also use such chips to identify the user to the cell network.  'Boot card' standards may let many users boot kiosk computers with full privacy and access to all applications they own. There are also 'boot boards' or 'boot 'add-in' cards' that are more permanent than boot cards.
concept_name: network computer
headings: Boot device
categories: Computer hardware