booting up
Computer waking up
Booting up is the process of starting a computer or device—loading the operating system and preparing it for use.
The term comes from "bootstrap," evoking the impossible act of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps, since a computer must use its own basic instructions to load more complex ones.
Give me a minute while my laptop boots up.
The process itself is a boot or bootup.
- power buttonDevice activation control
- turning onCausing to operate
- loadingAdding weight or cargo
- loading screenDisplay during data transfer
- spinning wheelFiber-to-thread device
please wait · initialize · startup · computing · drivers · bios · error messages · firmware · post · bootloader · technology · CPU · motherboard · RAM · hard drive · operating system · safe mode · system restore
booting upshutting down
Ending operation or activity
powering off · turning off · switching off · powering down · closing down
booting upshutting down
Ending operation or activity
crashing · terminating · halting · killing · aborting