cold boot

English

Verb

cold boot (third-person singular simple present cold boots, present participle cold booting, simple past and past participle cold booted)

(transitive, computing) To reboot a computer by turning it off and on.

Translations

Translations

French: démarrage à froid (fr) m
German: kalt starten

Noun

cold boot (plural cold boots)

(computing) The act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on.

Coordinate terms

warm boot

Derived terms

cold boot attack

See also

power-cycle

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