The process and functions that a computer goes through when it first starts up, ending in the proper loading of the Operating System and preparing it to receive commands.
Turning on your computer.
The sequence of computer operations from power-on until the system is ready for use.
Loading a computer memory with information needed for it to operate. Remote booting refers to loading software over the network.
Booting is the process of loading an operating system into computer primary memory (RAM).
a computer means to start the computer. When you first turn on the computer, it checks its memory and then loads the Mac OS before presenting you with the Finder.
Starting up a computer via the power switch, which loads the system software into memory. Restarting the computer via a keystroke combination is called rebooting or a warm boot.
Booting is the process through which a computer goes when it starts up, ending in the proper loading of the operating system and preparing it to receive commands.
Everything that happens between the time the computer is switched on and it is ready to accept commands/input from the user is known as booting.
Also called bootstrapping, the process of loading system software from the system disk into processor memory. You must install the operating system before you boot the system for the first time. See also conversational boot and nonstop boot.
The process in which to start a computer. Derived from the old English expression "pulling oneself up by the boot straps", meaning to improve or better oneself. In modern language this could perhaps mean to start out life, i.e. the beginning and hence computers are booted when they are switched on.
The process of loading a computer memory with instructions needed for the computer to operate. Remote booting refers to loading software over the network.
