boot camp

1. A training camp for military recruits.
2. A correctional facility that uses the training techniques applied to military recruits to teach usually youthful offenders socially acceptable patterns of behavior.

Software from Apple that enables an Intel x86-based Macintosh to host the Windows XP operating system. Boot Camp is used to divide the hard disk into Windows and Mac partitions, to install the necessary drivers and to create a dual boot environment. Introduced in the spring of 2006, Boot Camp does not provide a virtual machine capability and does not allow the computer to run Windows and Mac OS X at the same time. At startup, the user decides which OS to use. See dual boot and Parallels Desktop.

In the Marine Corps it is officially Recruit Training and it is conducted at Marine Corps Recruit Depots at Parris Island SC and San Diego CA.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: camp for training military recruits

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Boot camp originally refers to military recruit training, the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel. It specifically refers to United States Marine Corps Recruit Training.

Boot camp can also refer to:

• Boot camp (correctional), a type of correctional facility for adolescents, especially in the US penal system
• Boot Camp (software), software for installing Windows on an Intel-based Macintosh computer
• Boot Camp (film), also known as Straight Edge
• Boot Camp (TV series), a 2001 reality television show
• Bootcamp (band), a 1980's band
• Billy's Bootcamp, military inspired exercise program by Billy Blanks.

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