reboot

English

Etymology

re- +‎ boot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːbuːt/ (noun, verb)
• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈbuːt/ (verb)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

reboot (plural reboots)

1. (computing) An instance of rebooting.
2. (narratology) The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.

Translations

instance of rebooting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新起動／重新起动, 重新起动 (chóngxīn qǐdòng), 重新啟動／重新启动 (zh) (chóngxīnqǐdòng), 重新启动 (zh) (chóngxīn qǐdòng)

• Esperanto: restartado
• Finnish: uudelleenkäynnistys
• French: redémarrage (fr) m
• Georgian: გადატვირთვა (gadaṭvirtva)
• German: Neustart (de) m, Reboot m
• Greek: επανεκκίνηση (el) f (epanekkínisi)
• Italian: riavvio m
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• Japanese: 再起動 (ja) (さいきどう, saikidō), リブート (ja) (ribūto)
• Polish: ponowny rozruch m, ponowne uruchomienie n
• Portuguese: reinício m, reboot (pt) m
• Russian: перезагру́зка (ru) f (perezagrúzka)
• Serbo-Croatian: ponovno pokretanje n
• Slovene: ponovni zagon m
• Spanish: reinicio (es) m
• Swedish: omstart c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: khởi động lại

the restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity

• Dutch: reboot (nl)
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• German: Reboot m

Verb

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

1. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.

   We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.

   The system reboots every weekend after updates are installed.

2. To start afresh.

   They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original.

   • 2013 May 21, Dan Schawbel, “Mitch Joel: How To Reboot Your Business And Your Life”, in Forbes:

     What are the first steps to rebooting your business?

3. Restart; to return to a an initial configuration or state.
   • 2011, J. Morris Hicks, Healthy Eating, Healthy World, →ISBN, page 119:

     Egg farmers do this to reboot birds' internal clocks so they start laying valuable eggs faster and, crucially, at the same time.

Translations

To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新啟動／重新启动 (zh) (chóngxīnqǐdòng), 重新启动 (zh) (chóngxīn qǐdòng)

• Dutch: herstarten (nl), opnieuw opstarten, reboot (nl)
• Esperanto: restarti
• Finnish: uudelleenkäynnistää, käynnistää uudelleen
• French: redémarrer (fr), réinitialiser (fr), relancer (fr)
• Georgian: გადატვირთვა (gadaṭvirtva), ხელახლა ჩატვირთვა (xelaxla čaṭvirtva)
• German: neu laden, neu starten
• Greek: επανεκκινώ (epanekkinó)
• Hebrew: אִתְחוּל (he) m (itẖúl)
• Indonesian: menghidupkan ulang
• Italian: reiniziare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 재시동한 위하여 (jaesidonghan wihayeo)
• Latin: reinitiare, reinitializare
• Polish: uruchomić ponownie pf
• Portuguese: reiniciar (pt), reinicializar
• Russian: перезагружа́ть (ru) impf (perezagružátʹ), перезагрузи́ть (ru) pf (perezagruzítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: ponovno pokrenuti
• Slovene: ponovno zagnati
• Spanish: reiniciar (es)
• Swedish: starta om, reboota
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: khởi động lại

See also

• bootstrap

Anagrams

• Booter, Botero, booter

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English reboot.

Noun

reboot m (plural s)

1. (computing) reboot (instance of rebooting)

Synonyms

• reinício

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Spanish

Etymology

From English reboot.

Noun

reboot m (uncountable)

1. reboot (instance of rebooting)