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autostart en · NOUN

Etymology

From auto- + start.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) (An instance of) automatic starting.
    • When you utilize this option, the autostart and autostop options are added to the virtual machine's vmx file. You can also take this a step further and define the startup and shutdown order of the virtual machines […] 2011, Rogier Dittner, David Rule, The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period, page 807:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A program or application set to start automatically.
    • This category of autostarts comprises packages that define or extend user authentication for Windows, via the Local Security Authority (LSA). 2011, Mark E. Russinovich, Aaron Margosis, Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference, 1st edition, →ISBN:
    • EnCase 6 has a new folder “Main” and is utilized as an autostart. Inside the Main folder is the Tool Menu Plugin script that loads on startup […] 2008, Steve Bunting, EnCE: The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 510:
    • Vundo installs two autostarts—one a WinLogon Notify and the other a BHO—that reference the same randomly named infective DLL file. 2006, Dave Kleiman, editor, Winternals Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide, →ISBN, page 104:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
autostarts Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

autorun · launch · start up → startup · boot

Translations (2)

hu automatikus indítás (automatic starting) · pl automatyczny start (automatic starting)

autostart en · VERB

Etymology

From auto- + start.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To start automatically.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
autostarts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
autostarting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
autostarted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
autostarted Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (4)

cmn 自啟 /自启 (to start automatically) · pl uruchomić automatycznie (to start automatically) · pl uruchamiać automatycznie (to start automatically) · hu automatikusanindul (el) (to start automatically)