to reboot
- verb
- /riˈbuːt/
- Specialized
- I'm removing the public DNS and going to flush everything and reboot the workstations.
- reboot your PC
- reboot your computer
- reboot the system
Let it run and then reboot and come back and.
- Let it run and then reboot and come back and.
- All right, it's time to recharge this and reboot this.
- Well, in the end, the user who sort of is told, well, you got to reboot your your PC is part of that system.
- But you have no way to test whether your decisions or choices are the right ones and reboot before you buy it, right?
Examples
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Listen, can you reboot the server?
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I recommend that we shut everything down and reboot from the master backups.
Fiction book (1996) -
I think it's just trying to reboot itself.
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I had to reboot the system.
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- We really need to reboot the backup system.
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The phone would continuously try to reboot, show a low battery, and then keep trying to reboot.
Blog text (8) -
If I don't let the system reboot, the whole bank will lock down.
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Lastly, clear the cache and then reboot the phone back to Android.
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Every time we rebooted, it would reassemble the pieces and reinfect the system from scratch.
Fiction book (1996) -
I had to reboot the computer after it froze.
Synonyms
Start something again after it stops or is interrupted
To start a computer and load its operating system
Start a computer's operating system so it can run
Start a computer system or service so it is ready to use
To start a process or system again after it stopped
Antonyms
How Forceful
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reboot comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and boot meaning 'to start up', as in 'boot up'. So to reboot a device is to start it again so it begins fresh.