单词 | reboot |
释义 | rebootn. 1. Computing. An act of rebooting a computer or operating system; an instance or the fact of becoming rebooted. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > starting up computer > restarting reboot1980 warm boot1980 1980 R. Zaks CP/M Handbk. with MP/M i. 22 This combination..produces a ‘warm start’ (or ‘warm boot’, or ‘system reboot’). A warm start essentially interrupts whatever the computer is doing and starts the operation system over again. 1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xi. 758 The 68000 series of CPUs has an instruction called HALT, which kills all bus activity but permits restarting via an interrupt (or, of course, a complete reboot). 2000 ‘Dr. K.’ Compl. Hacker's Handbk. v. 70 This leads to a variety of unwanted system nastiness that can cause kernel panic, reboot, shutdown and complete system failure. 2006 Jrnl. Syst. & Software 79 163/2 Upgrading a file system driver is similar to a reboot. 2. In extended use: the action or process of restarting or reviving something. Also: something revived or revitalized, esp. a series of films or television programmes restarted with a new cast, script, etc. Cf. revamp n. ΚΠ 1998 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 12 Apr. (Life & Leisure section) 6 f/4 These..were the last two [issues] before the reboot of Superman that wiped away nearly 50 years of continuity. 2006 N.Y. Times 7 May iv. 12/6 We are in danger of marking the next anniversary of 9/11 with a reboot of the Afghanistan war we were supposed to have won more than four years ago. 2012 Canberra Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. a2 Here was a new world in which Bond started afresh, he didn't need to be about 90 years old, and best of all, the entire Roger Moore era never happened. That's a reboot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rebootv. 1. transitive. Computing. To boot (a computer, operating system, etc.) again, esp. after a power failure or malfunction. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > load system [verb (transitive)] > again reboot1971 warm boot1980 society > computing and information technology > hardware > use hardware [verb (transitive)] > make operational > again reboot1971 1971 K. Thompson & D. M. Ritchie Unix Programmer's Man. 3 Nov. §11. 13 in cm.bell-labs.com (O.E.D. Archive) Name boot—reboot system... Description boot logically a command, and is kept in /etc only to lessen the probability of its being invoked by accident... It reboots the system by jumping to the read-only memory, which contains a disk boot program. 1978 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 57 2185 A fairly large fraction of these users..are capable of ‘re-booting’ the operating system. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 Nov. 24/3 It is a command to stop in our tracks and relinquish everything we have written to the maw of the computer until it can be rebooted, whatever that means. 1985 Pract. Computing May 96/3 The user simply unplugs the failed peripheral, then reboots the system. 1993 J. Pournelle & S. M. Stirling Prince of Sparta 209 I'll dump it and reboot from worm. 1997 P. Cornwell Unnatural Exposure xv. 346 She was already rebooting and going into dos. Knowing her, she would have that password removed in minutes. 2006 Digital Investig. 3 Suppl. 10 The system under examination has been rebooted. 2. transitive. In extended use: to start (a process, etc.) afresh or with renewed vigour; to restart. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1989 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 30 Mar. b1/5 Computer retailer Canada Lease is still hoping to reboot its operation despite the National Bank of Canada demanding repayment of its debt. 1997 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 25 Oct. 19 Just wait for the ‘Asian miracle’ to reboot, is the Trade Department's advice. 2001 K. Walker & M. Schone Son of Grifter xxxvii. 394 When Mom rebooted her innocence rap, I cut her off. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Dec. ii. 38/2 Fox started ‘24’ in the fall, took time off during the baseball playoffs and rebooted the series in January. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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