reboot
Use Reboot in a sentence verb (used with object)
1.
to restart (a computer) by loading the operating system; boot again.
verb (used without object)
2.
(of a computer) to be restarted.
noun
3.
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
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World English Dictionary
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| —vb | |
| to shut down and restart (a computer system) or (of a computer system) to shut down and restart | |
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Cultural Dictionary
reboot definition
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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Example sentences
Paradoxically, the disaster may prove to be a unique chance for an architectural and communications reboot of an entire country.
Artificial intelligence needs a reboot, say experts.
The unit will then restore the settings to factory defaults and reboot itself.
We have to reboot expectations, and everything will be fine.
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