0 present participle of boot --
1 to kick someone or something hard with the foot: --
They booted him in the head.
2 When a computer boots (up), it becomes ready for use by getting the necessary information into its memory, and when you boot (up) a computer, you cause it to do this. --
The boot loader can be manipulated at startup by holding down various key combinations to alter the booting process.
There are also several reports of 1557 models freezing up during booting, or having inaccessible hard drives.
Soft booting can be initiated by hardware such as a button press, or by software command.
He left the club having played 87 games and booting 12 goals.
It is the first process started during booting, and continues running until the system is shut down.
It also supports automatic decompression of the boot images before booting them.
This avoided the long process of booting up.
Network booting can be used to centralize management of disk storage, which supporters claim can result in reduced capital and maintenance costs.
