reboot

English

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -uːt

Etymology

re- +‎ boot

Noun

reboot (plural reboots)

1. (computing) An instance of rebooting.
2. (narratology) The rewriting of a series storyline that discards all previous continuity.

Translations

instance of rebooting

Chinese: Mandarin: 重新起動 (zh), 重新起动 (zh) (chóngxīn qǐdòng), 重新啟動 (zh), 重新启动 (zh) (chóngxīn qǐdòng) Finnish: uudelleenkäynnistys (fi) French: redémarrage (fr) m. German: Neustart (de) m.

Greek: επανεκκίνηση (el) f. Italian: riavvio (it) m. Japanese: 再起動 (ja) (さいきどう, saikidō), リブート (ja) (ribūto) Russian: перезагрузка (ru) (perezagrúzka) f. Spanish: reinicio (es) m.

Verb

reboot (third-person singular simple present reboots, present participle rebooting, simple past and past participle rebooted)

1. (computing) To cause a computer to execute its boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, especially after a system or power failure
2. (narratology) To discard all previous continuity in a series and restart the series.
3. (video games) To restart a (computer or video game) from the beginning.

Translations

to restart a system

Chinese: Mandarin: 重新起動 (zh), 重新起动 (zh) (chóngxīn qǐdòng) Dutch: herstarten (nl), heropstarten (nl) Esperanto: restarti (eo) Finnish: uudelleenkäynnistää (fi), käynnistää uudelleen (fi) French: redémarrer (fr), réinitialiser (fr), relancer (fr) German: neu laden (de), neu starten (de) Greek: επανεκκινώ (el) (epanekkinó) Italian: reiniziare (it)

Japanese: 再起動する (ja) (さいきどうする, saikidō-suru), リブートする (ja) (ribūto-suru) Korean: 재시동한 위하여 (ko) (jaesidonghan wihayeo) Latin: reinitiare (la), reinitializare (la) Russian: перезагружать (ru) (perezagružát’) impf., перезагрузить (ru) (perezagruzít’) pf. Slovene: Ponovni zagon (sl) Spanish: reiniciar (es) Swedish: starta om (sv), reboota (sv)

See also

• bootstrap

Anagrams

• booter