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reboot
[rē′büt] (computer science)
To reload systems software into a computer so that it makes a new start.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
reboot
(operating system)(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.
See warm boot.
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