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re·boot   (rē-bōōt')   
tr.v.   re·boot·ed, re·boot·ing, re·boots
To turn (a computer or operating system) off and then on again; restart.
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Cultural Dictionary

reboot

A term that comes from computer usage. To reboot a computer is to start it up again after a computer crash. Hence, “reboot” has the connotation of starting a process over again.

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Computing Dictionary

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.
(1995-11-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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