startup sequence
System activation steps
A startup sequence is the series of steps a computer or device performs when powering on—loading firmware, checking hardware, initializing the operating system.
The term extends to any ordered series of actions that brings a system online: The reactor's startup sequence takes forty minutes.
Also called boot sequence.
- power upEnergize a device
- boot upInitialize a computer
- bootHigh shoe or startup
- initializeSet starting conditions
- launchSet into motion
power-on · loading · loading screen · BIOS · ignition · countdown · reboot · safe mode · system restore · warm-up · ready to go · POST · motherboard · firmware · kernel · bootloader · beep · whir
- step-by-step processesrecipe steps
- proceduresprocedure, surgery, procedures, process, autopsy
system state direction
startup sequenceshutdown
Cessation of operations
termination · deactivation · system halt · powering off · cessation
start, starts, started, starting, starter, starters, restart, restarted, restarting