boot up
Related to boot up: boost up
boot up
To turn on a computer. A noun or pronoun can be used between "boot" and "up" I think something is wrong with my computer—it's taking a really long time to boot up.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
boot something up
to start up a computer. She booted her computer up and started writing. Please go boot up your computer so we can get started.
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boot up
[of a computer] to begin operating; to start up one's computer. He turned on the computer and it booted up. Try to boot up again and see what happens.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
boot up
Start a computer, as in When you've booted up, it's best not to turn off the computer until you're done for the day . The term, dating from the late 1970s, was a shortening of bootstrap, another computer idiom referring to using one set of instructions to load another set of instructions. Also see log in.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
boot up
v.
1. To cause some computer or similar device to start working and and prepare for operation: This program will boot up your disk drive automatically. My computer is so badly damaged that I can't even boot it up.
2. To start working and prepare for operation. Used of computers and related devices: My new computer boots up in less than 30 seconds.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- bootstrap
- log off
- metal
- bare metal
- log into
- a three-finger salute
- three-finger salute
- hard reboot
- reboot
- feep