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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The booting process of Microsoft Windows varies between different releases. In Windows versions 1.01 to Windows 2.11, the system was loaded when WIN.COM...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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While the BOOTES-1 station in Spain is devoted to wide-field astronomy, the additional stations (BOOTES-2 in Spain, BOOTES-3 in New Zealand, BOOTES-4 in China...
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A Wellington boot, often shortened to welly, and also known as a gumboot, rubber boot, or rain boot, is a type of waterproof boot made of rubber. Originally...
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A Beatle boot or Baba boot is a style of boot that has been worn since the late 1950s but made popular by the English rock group the Beatles in the 1960s...
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1990 were self-booting and did not use MS-DOS, IBM PC DOS, or compatible disk operating systems. The phrase "IBM PC compatible self-booting disk" is sometimes...
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A boot is a medical device worn during treatment and recovery of a variety of foot injuries. Along with orthopedic casts, leg braces, splints and orthotics...
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Boot camp may refer to: Boot camp (correctional), a type of correctional facility for adolescents, especially in the U.S. penal system Boot camp, a training...
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