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Jaleh Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Boot up

My laptop computer boots up really quickly.

What does boot up mean?

  

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jaleh My laptop computer boots up really quickly. What does boot up mean? start; activate

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  • jaleh My laptop computer boots up really quickly.
  • What does boot up mean?
  • start; activate
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jalehMy laptop computer boots up really quickly. What does boot up mean?

start; activate

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The term "boot" comes from the phrase "pull one up by their bootstraps."


Computers have a series of programs, increasing in size and complexity, that run in a "boot sequence." These programs load the operating system and put the system in a condition ready to run users' programs. So the term "boot up" is the sequence of firmware and software that the computer runs just afte

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