For Boot we have terms and definitions in 26 topics. The topics are Accounting, Accounting Terms, Australian Slang, Auto Enthusiast, Automotive, Car Design, Charles Dickens, Chat Acronyms, Computer Hardware, Computer Technology, Data Recovery, Drugs, Hard Drive Recovery, Import Cars, Information Security, Linux, Red Hat, Photography, Poetry, RAID Drive Recovery, Real Estate, Rowing, Technology, Tires, Vietnam War, William Shakespeare and Wire.

Boot (Accounting)

The no technical term used by some to describe any cash or other property that is received in exchange of property that would be otherwise nontaxable.

Boot (Accounting Terms)

The no technical term used by some to describe any cash or other property that is received in exchange of property that would be otherwise nontaxable.

Boot (Australian Slang)

The trunk of a car.

Boot (Auto Enthusiast)

British term for trunk lid.

Boot (Automotive)

Flexible pleated covers placed over the CV joints of a front-wheel-drive vehicle to keep road dirt out of them.

Boot (Car Design)

(See "Top boot.").

Boot (Charles Dickens)

Place in a coach where luggage was kept.

Boot (Chat Acronyms)

Get kicked out/off

Boot (Computer Hardware)

The process of initializing, testing and configuring a computer system blding higher-level services on top of lower-level primitive services.

Boot (Computer Technology)

(to boot (verb)) - This is a verb meaning to load. You can say that you are booting your machine, or that your operating system is booting up.

Boot (Data Recovery)

To start up your computer.

Boot (Drugs)

To inject a drug

Boot (Hard Drive Recovery)

To start or restart your computer; loading the operating system.

Boot (Import Cars)

[1] English term for Trunk (luggage compartment) [2] A sling for a tire [3] A flexible rubber or plastic cover used over the end of a master cylinders, wheel cylinders, transmissions, or constant velocity joint, to keep out water and other matter [4] a computer term to load the first piece of software that startsthe computer; usually the BIOS

Boot (Information Security)

To start a computer so that it is ready to run programs for the user. A PC can be booted either by turning its power on, (Cold Boot) or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del (Warm Boot).

Boot (Linux, Red Hat)

The process of loading a computer's operating system. If your system is working properly, the operating system boots when the computer is turned on.

Boot (Photography)

To start or restart your computer; loading your operating system.

Boot (Poetry)

advantage, avail

Boot (RAID Drive Recovery)

To start or restart your computer; loading the operating system.

Boot (Real Estate)

Money or other property that is not like-kind, which is given to make up any difference in value or equity between exchanged properties. Boot may be in the form of cash, notes, gems, the market value of an asset such as a mortgage, land contract, personal property, goodwill, a service or a patent offered in an exchange. The taxable gain in the like-kind exchange is recognized immediately to the extent of boot, whereas, other gain from the exchange may be deferred until subsequent transfer. (See exchange, like-kind)

Boot (Rowing)

A device that holds the bow of a boat until the starting signal, when it drops below the water.

Boot (Technology)

The process of starting or resetting a computer. When first turned on (cold boot) or reset (warm boot), the computer executes the software that loads and starts the computer's more complicated operating system and prepares it for use. Thus, the computer can be said to pull itself up by its own bootstraps. Also called bootstrap. See also BIOS, bootstrap loader, cold boot, warm boot.1. To start or reset a computer by turning the power on, by pressing a reset button on the computer case, or by issuing a software command to restart. Also called bootstrap, boot up. See also reboot. 2. To execute the bootstrap loader program. Also called bootstrap. See also bootstrap loader.

Boot (Tires)

A simple protective device (sometimes a piece of tube, tire, etc., cut to size) placed between the casing and tube. It offers temporary protection for the tube against pinching by an injury in the casing. It is not a repair of the injury and is unsafe to use.

Boot (Vietnam War)

A soldier just out of boot camp; inexperienced, untested

Boot (William Shakespeare)

1. Help, use.
2. To help, to avail.

Boot (Wire)

A protective covering over any portion of a cable or conductor in addition to its jacket or insulation.

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