This blog is mainly to explain a different English language expression every day.
Sometimes I post other stuff.
I also have a YouTube channel which is mostly about computer software:
https://www.youtube.com/englishspacedog
Monday, August 29, 2011
boot
'boot' means to turn on a computer.
're-boot' means to turn a computer off-and-on.
This comes from the expression: "Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps."
and from the computer term: bootstrap program.