Phrase guide
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verb
To start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: boot, deadstart
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verb
To start, using its bootstrap procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To start a computer program or a recording of a movie, show or song.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To start up, to bootstrap (any process, especially a business).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, broadly, figuratively
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