toot

n 1: a blast of a horn

2: an occasion for heavy drinking; "they went on a bust that

lasted three days" [syn: {bust}, {tear}, {bender}, {binge},

{booze-up}]

v : make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: {honk},

{blare}, {beep}, {claxon}]

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}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-11-27)