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warm boot

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warm boot  
n.  The act or process of restarting a computer without turning off the power. A warm boot erases everything in RAM and then reloads the operating system into RAM.
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warm boot operating system
A boot from power on, where the CPU and peripherals are already powered up (warm).
A warm boot might be performed after a software crash or a hardware reset.
Contrast cold boot. See also reboot.
[The Jargon File]
(1998-04-28)

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