warm boot

Definitions

General Science

• noun a system restart which usually reloads the operating system but does not reset or check the hardware
• noun an act of restarting a programme which has stopped, without losing any data.

Computing

• noun the act of restarting a computer without switching it off.
• noun the process of restarting a program which has stopped, without losing any data.

Electronics

• The restarting of a computer without powering down. This may be accomplished for instance, by entering an appropriate key sequence. If a program failure is not resolved through a warm boot, a hard boot may help. Also called warm start, warm restart, or soft boot.
• synonymwarm restart
• synonymwarm start

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Contexts for “warm boot”

7 definitions in context
• General Science
• Computing
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