coot

n : slaty-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks

boot

(from "{bootstrap}" or "to pull oneself up

by one's bootstraps") To load and initialise the {operating

system} on a computer.

See {reboot}, {cold boot}, {warm boot}, {soft boot}, {hard

boot}, {bootstrap}, {bootstrap loader}.

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(1995-11-27)