What does it mean to boot up?

Answer 1

"Boot up" is a phrase which refers to powering up a computer system. This is generally meant to include the loading of the operating system and any applications set to load on boot.

"Cold booting" is booting up a computer which was previously turned off.

"Warm booting" is restarting (and thus rebooting) a computer which was already running.

Answer 2

To boot means to power up (switch on) your computer. To reboot means to shut down your computer and then switch it back on (also known as a restart).

So to "boot the system", your simply switching on (powering up) your computer system. Sometimes a newly installed program will not take effect until you restart the computer (prompted by the program). Or, you may need to reboot to recover from an error.

The user should not simply press the reset button or power the computer off and on to reboot. Instead, restart the computer or shutdown the computer as required by your operating system.

Answer 3

Booting up a system is turning it on and starting it up. The booting process is the process by which the computer takes charge of itself and loads up its operating system so that it is ready to use. Booting means to start. booting up a system refers to the process which a system undergoes to start the Operating System that is installed in the PC.

Answer 4

the process of the operating system being loaded into the computer when it started up.