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boot something up

to start up a computer. She booted her computer up and started writing. Please go boot up your computer so we can get started.

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boot up

[of a computer] to begin operating; to start up one's computer. He turned on the computer and it booted up. Try to boot up again and see what happens.

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boot up

to start a computer I have eight computers in my office and each one of them boots up differently.

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boot up

Start a computer, as in When you've booted up, it's best not to turn off the computer until you're done for the day . The term, dating from the late 1970s, was a shortening of bootstrap, another computer idiom referring to using one set of instructions to load another set of instructions. Also see log in.

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boot up

v.

1. To cause some computer or similar device to start working and and prepare for operation: This program will boot up your disk drive automatically. My computer is so badly damaged that I can't even boot it up.

2. To start working and prepare for operation. Used of computers and related devices: My new computer boots up in less than 30 seconds.

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