boot up

1. Start a computer, as in When you've booted up, it's best not to turn off the computer until you're done for the day. The term, dating from the late 1970s, was a shortening of bootstrap, another computer idiom referring to using one set of instructions to load another set of instructions. Also see log in.

Example Sentences

The first thing I did with the device was boot up something known for its vibrant colours - 2019's Persona 5 Royal - to see how good the screen looks.

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So every day after school, I’d sprint down to my family’s basement and boot up our enormous Gateway 2000 computer.

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Haise and Lovell worked frantically to boot up the lunar module, Aquarius.

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Fly-half Holly Aitchison has had a mixed tournament with the boot up until this match, with Mitchell saying in the week he had no concerns over her kicking and being proved correct in Bordeaux.

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These are the words that greet players when they boot up Abubakar Salim's debut video game - Tales of Kenzera: Zau.

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