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-based Mac to host the Windows operating system. Boot Camp divides the hard disk into Windows and Mac partitions, installs the necessary drivers and creates a "dual boot" environment. Introduced in 2006, Boot Camp does not provide a virtual machine capability such as Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion do (see Mactel). Windows and Mac applications are not run simultaneously. At startup, the user must choose which OS to use and must reboot to switch to the other environment. See dual boot.

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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

Boot camp refers colloquially to military recruit training, the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel. The term originally referred specifically to United States Marine Corps initial training, but recently has been commonly used to refer to any United States Military initial 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 a Windows operating system 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 1980s band
• Boot Camp (album)
• Billy's Bootcamp, military inspired exercise program by Billy Blanks
• Fitness boot camp, a type of physical training program
• Boot Camp, the US release name for Combat School, a Konami arcade game
• Boot Camp (novel), by Todd Strasser
• Boot Camp, a track featured on the 1996 Soundgarden album, Down On The Upside

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