"warm boot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: warm boots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} warm boot (plural warm boots)
  1. (computing) The restarting of a computer that was already running, rather than switched off. Wikipedia link: warm boot Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms: cold boot
    Sense id: en-warm_boot-en-noun-HRLuVhB4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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