booting
Powering up initially
Booting is starting up a computer—the process where the machine loads its operating system and becomes ready for use.
The term comes from "bootstrap," evoking the impossible task of pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps, since the computer must use its own basic instructions to load more complex ones.
Rebooting means restarting.
Have you tried booting it in safe mode?
Separately, booting can mean kicking someone or something, or attaching a wheel clamp to a parked car: They're booting cars that haven't paid their tickets.
New business enterprise
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
- UEFIFirmware interface for booting
- POSTStartup hardware verification
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
Windows · Linux · MacOS · motherboard · sequence · initialization · kernel
Forced removal from somewhere
- removalAct of taking away
- evictionForced departure from rental
- oustingForcible removal from position
- dismissalRemoval from position
exclusion · expulsion · bouncing · discharge · banishment · dislodgment · sacking · excommunication
Starting combustion process
- crankingRotating by handle
- engineMachine producing motion
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
- startingInitiating an action
revving · priming · glowplugs · choke · idling · diesel · jumpstart · battery
startup
New business enterprise
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
- UEFIFirmware interface for booting
- POSTStartup hardware verification
firmware · Windows · Linux · MacOS · motherboard · sequence · initialization · kernel
ejection
Forced removal from somewhere
dismissal · exclusion · expulsion · bouncing · discharge · banishment · dislodgment · sacking · excommunication · displacement
ignition
Starting combustion process
starting · revving · priming · glowplugs · choke · idling · diesel · jumpstart · battery
leather
Tanned animal skin
- lacingInterlacing cords through holes
- gaitersAnkle-to-calf protective wear
- galoshesWaterproof shoe covers
waders · cleats · steel-toe · wellington · bootlaces
soccer
Field sport with goals
goal · penalty · strike · cleats · goalkeeper · score · kickoff · volley · shot · pass
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
- Device Stateson, off, standby, sleep, hibernate
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction
- system statesactive, idle, online, offline, disabled
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
bootingshutting down
Ending operation or activity
powering off · turning off · shutdown · halting · powering down
- booting upInitial power-on sequence
- booting outForcing someone to leave
- cold bootingStarting from powered-off state