boot up
Wake the machine
Boot up means to start a computer or other electronic device, initiating the sequence that loads its operating system and makes it ready for use.
The term derives from "bootstrap," evoking the impossible act of pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps—apt because the computer must use its own basic instructions to load more complex ones.
Give me a minute to boot up my laptop.
The noun form is boot-up or bootup: The boot-up took forever after that update.
Initiate electronic operation
- restartCommence anew
- bootloaderInitial startup program
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
- UEFIFirmware interface for booting
POST · initialization · loading · kernel · operating system · drivers · firmware · system check
power on
Initiate electronic operation
- restartCommence anew
- bootloaderInitial startup program
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
UEFI · POST · initialization · loading · kernel · operating system · drivers · firmware · system check · self-test
- tech termsinternet, code, emoji, wireless, email
- activateturn on, switch on, power on, power up, start
- computer actionsclick, typing, clicking, browsing, save
- Starting upignition, kickstart, jump start, power on, countdown
- equipment actionsinstall, connect, disconnect, mount, attach
- boot actionslace, unlace, tie, buckle, pull on
boot upshut down
Cease to operate
power off · turn off · switch off · power down · shut off
boot, boots, bootleg, booted, reboot, bootlegging, booting, bootlegger, reboots