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# Terms

* *Bootloader:* A piece of software that loads the operating system.
* *Clover:* This is the bootloader that we will be using. We need this for a few important things. Most importantly:
  * macOS installs on a partition formatted in either APFS or HFS+. A standard (UEFI) BIOS cannot read from these formats.
  * It injects kexts on boot.
  * Handles passing information like the SMBIOS to macOS
  * and a lot more.
* *Kext:* A combination of **K**ernel **Ext**ension. These are additions to the macOS kernel which you can think of like drivers on windows.