"cold boot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold boots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold boot (plural cold boots)
  1. (computing) The act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on. Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: cold boot attack Related terms: power-cycle Coordinate_terms: warm boot
    Sense id: en-cold_boot-en-noun-bv5YQgL3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: cold boots [present, singular, third-person], cold booting [participle, present], cold booted [participle, past], cold booted [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): démarrage à froid [masculine] (French), kalt starten (German)
    Sense id: en-cold_boot-en-verb-4xoJJn9D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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