Dictionary

booter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbuːtɚ/

Etymology

From boot + -er.

Meanings

1. A program or process that boots.
   • JavaOS works with a variety of booters. 1999, Tom Saulpaugh, Charles A Mirho, Inside the JavaOS operating system:
   • If the firmware cannot locate a booter file, you will see a flashing folder icon with a question mark. 2009, Kevin M White, Mac OS X Support Essentials v106:
2. A game that is launched by booting directly from the floppy disk containing the game program, rather than starting the program from within the computer's standardized operating system.
   • To allow full use of the system's limited resources and prevent users from making pirated copies of the game, the first version of Microsoft Flight Simulator was a booter, rather than being run from within DOS.
3. The floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
4. A person who plays association football.
5. (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
   • “Argghh, a booter,” Sally groaned when she sloshed across a puddle too wide to jump. 1997, Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson, Gold Rush: North to Alaska and the Klondike, page 106:

Forms

Synonyms

soaker