REBOOT

boot, reboot, bring up

(verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; “boot your computer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

reboot (plural reboots)

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

(narratology) The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.

Verb

reboot (third-person singular simple present reboots, present participle rebooting, simple past and past participle rebooted)

(computing, ambitransitive) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.

To start afresh.

Restart; to return to a an initial configuration or state.

Anagrams

• Booter, Botero, booter

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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