"boot time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boot times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} boot time (countable and uncountable, plural boot times)
  1. (computing, computer hardware) The amount of time required to load the kernel of an operating system, its device drivers, and the initialization of the hardware. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computer hardware, Computing

Inflected forms

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