Reboot

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reboot
       v : cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial
           processes; "boot your computer" [syn: {boot}, {bring up}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  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)