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Definitions of booting in various dictionaries:
verb - kick
verb - cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
adj - to load a program into a computer [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BOOTABLE
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Starting, as a PC |
Kick-starting the computer? |
Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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Oct 31 2012 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate |
Sep 22 2004 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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Present participle of boot. |
A kicking, as with a booted foot. |
kick (something) hard in a specified direction. |
start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation. |
A sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the lower leg. |
A hard kick. |
An enclosed space at the back of a car for carrying luggage or other goods. |
The process of starting a computer and putting it into a state of readiness for operation. |
Kick (something) hard in a specified direction. |
Start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation. |
Booting description |
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In computing, booting is starting up a computer or computer appliance until it can be used. It can be initiated by hardware such as a button press, or by software command. After the power is switched on the computer is relatively dumb, and can read only part of its storage called Read-only memory. There a small program is stored called firmware. It does power-on self-tests, and most importantly, allows accessing other types of memory, like hard disk and main memory. The firmware loads bigger programs into the computer's main memory and runs it. In general purpose computers, but as well in smart phones, tablets, optionally a boot manager is run. It lets a user choose which operating system to run, and set more complex parameters for it. The firmware or the boot manager then loads the boot loader into the memory and runs it. This piece of software is able to place an operating system kernel like Windows or Linux into the computers main memory, and run it. Afterwards, the kernel runs so c |