booting

Meanings

Plural: bootings

Verb

• kick; give a boot to
• cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
• present participle and gerund of boot

Noun

• A kicking, as with a booted foot.
• The act by which a computer is booted.
• Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
• Homicide by gunfire.

Synonyms

boot, bring up, reboot