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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes;
- Example: "boot your computer"
[syn: boot, reboot, bring up]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reboot v 1: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" [syn: boot, reboot, bring up]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

reboot (From boot) A boot with the implication that the computer has not been down for long, or that the boot is a bounce intended to clear some state of wedgitude. See warm boot. (1995-11-27)