power is not cut. On some systems, a soft boot may optionally clear RAM to zero. Both hard and soft booting can be initiated by hardware such as a button...
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Look up booter or Booter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Booter may refer to: Self-booting disk, software loaded directly at the bootup of a computer...
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Another reason for multi-booting can be to investigate or test a new operating system without switching completely. Multi-booting is also useful in situations...
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UEFI (redirect from Windows 8 secure boot)
GRUB for booting (e.g. SUSE Linux), the same holds true for OpenBSD. For booting from iSCSI iPXE can be used as a UEFI application loaded by U-Boot. Intel's...
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Henry Boot (1851–1931) was the founder of Henry Boot plc. Henry Boot was the eldest surviving son of Charles and Ann Boot. He was born on 9 December 1851...
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Boötes (/boʊˈoʊtiːz/ boh-OH-teez) is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension...
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Bootloader (redirect from Boot loader)
bootloader, also spelled as boot loader or called bootstrap loader, is a computer program that is responsible for booting a computer. If it also provides...
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The Jodhpur boot is an ankle boot or Chelsea boot designed as a riding boot with a rounded toe and a low heel. They originally fastened with a strap and...
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8-bit computers, almost all software is self-booting. On the IBM PC, the distinction is between a self-booting program and one which is started by the user...
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A boot is a type of footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf. Some boots extend up the...
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In Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems, the /boot/ directory holds files used in booting the operating system. The usage is standardized in the...
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Network booting, shortened netboot, is the process of booting a computer from a network rather than a local drive. This method of booting can be used...
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The trench boot, sometimes known as the "Pershing boot," was an American combat boot used in the latter stages of World War I, made for the cold mud of...
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not use for booting. 80. Active partition. Goodell, Dan. "Fixing Windows 2000/XP Drive Letters". Understanding MultiBooting and Booting Windows from...
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support booting from the device in question. One can make one's own boot disk (typically done to prepare for when the system won't start properly). Boot disks...
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Boot Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys located adjacent to Key Vaca. Boot Key is within the city limits of Marathon, Florida, United States...
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A boot jack, sometimes known as a boot pull, is a small tool that aids in the removal of boots. It consists of a U-shaped mouth that grips the heel of...
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Max Boot (born September 12, 1969) is a Russian-born naturalized American author, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer...
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A boot image is a type of disk image that when on a boot device allows the associated computer to boot. A boot image usually includes an operating system...
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Charles Boot JP (1 October 1874 – 14 June 1945) was an English businessman and film producer who was the driving force behind the growth of Henry Boot & Sons...
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The Hessian (/ˈhɛsiən/; from Hesse in Germany) is a style of light boot that became popular from the beginning of the 19th century. First worn by German...
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a type of boot, generally waterproof or water-resistant. The boot, in almost all cases, has a high side, keeping snow from entering the boot, and a rubber...
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LILO (bootloader) (redirect from Palo (boot loader))
(Linux Loader) is a boot loader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions. Unlike loadlin, it allowed booting Linux without having...
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GUID Partition Table (redirect from Extended Master Boot Record)
architecture, support booting from GPT partitions only on systems with EFI firmware, but FreeBSD and most Linux distributions can boot from GPT partitions...
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Look up car boot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Car boot may refer to: Boot (car), a storage space in a car Wheel clamp, a device to prevent a vehicle...
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The Linux booting process involves multiple stages and is in many ways similar to the BSD and other Unix-style boot processes, from which it derives....
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term boot refers to a family of instruments of torture and interrogation variously designed to cause crushing injuries to the foot and/or leg. The boot has...
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A rigger boot is a type of pull-on safety boot in the United Kingdom. The name "rigger" comes from their use by workers on the offshore oil rigs in the...
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Live USB (redirect from USB-bootable Linux distribution)
over with booting macOS from USB. Specialized USB-based booting was proposed by IBM in 2004 with Reincarnating PCs with Portable SoulPads and Boot Linux from...
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boot process Booting, the initial set of operations that a computer system performs when turned on Ping-Pong virus, alternatively called "boot" Boot,...
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