cold boot

English

Verb

cold boot (third-person singular simple present cold boots, present participle cold booting, simple past and past participle cold booted)

1. (transitive, computing) To reboot a computer by turning it off and on.

Translations

Translations

• French: démarrage à froid (fr) m
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Noun

cold boot (plural cold boots)

1. (computing) The act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on.

Derived terms

• cold boot attack

Coordinate terms

• warm boot