Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bautaną
Frankish *bautander.?
Old French botebor.
Middle English bote
English boot
English reboot
From re- + boot.
Meanings
An instance of rebooting.
(broadly) A fresh start.
Other reboots of beloved restaurants, like the Four Seasons, have failed. 2020 February 14, Florence Fabricant, “The Beloved West Village Restaurant Barbuto Gets a Reboot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeover. 2008 December 24, Thomas L. Friedman, “Time to Reboot America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.
(qualifier:widely considered a misuse) The restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.
As well as Ari Parker’s starring role, the reboot will introduce three characters played by people of colour, with Sara Ramirez, Karen Pittman and Sarita Choudhury to join the quartet. 2021 August 22, Clea Skopeliti, “Nicole Ari Parker to join Sex and the City reboot in place of Kim Cattrall”, in The Guardian:
HBO Max has issued a straight-to-series order for “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” a reboot of the original Freeform series... “We’re such huge fans of what I. Marlene King and her iconic cast created, we knew that we had to treat the original series as #CANON" 2020 September 24, “Pretty Little Liars Reboot Ordered To Series at HBO Max”, in Variety:
ja 再起動 (instance of rebooting) · pl reboot (the restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity) · hu újraindítás (instance of rebooting) · km ការចាប់ផ្ដើមឡើងវិញ (instance of rebooting) · sh ponovno pokretanje (instance of rebooting) · ar إِعَادَة التَّشْغِيل (instance of rebooting) · de Reboot (the restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity) · gl reinicio (instance of rebooting) · pt reinício (instance of rebooting) · es reinicio (instance of rebooting) · nl reboot (the restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity) · da genstart (instance of rebooting) · de Neustart (instance of rebooting) · sl ponovni zagon (instance of rebooting) · fr redémarrage (instance of rebooting) · fi uudelleenkäynnistys (instance of rebooting) · pl restart (instance of rebooting) · el επανεκκίνηση (instance of rebooting) · ja リブート (instance of rebooting) · vi khởi động lại (instance of rebooting) · pt reboot (instance of rebooting) · it riavvio (instance of rebooting) · sv omstart (instance of rebooting) · eo restartado (instance of rebooting) · de Reboot (instance of rebooting) · ru перезагру́зка (instance of rebooting) · ka გადატვირთვა (instance of rebooting) · cmn 重新啟動 /重新启动 (instance of rebooting) · cmn 重新起動 /重新起动 (instance of rebooting)
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bautaną
Frankish *bautander.?
Old French botebor.
Middle English bote
English boot
English reboot
From re- + boot.
Meanings
(ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.
NASA is once again trying to reboot the Hubble Space Telescope, agency officials said. The telescope’s instruments have been shut down since the end of September, when a router that formats science data for transmission to the ground had an electrical failure. 2008 October 24, Dennis Overbye, “Another Effort to Reboot Telescope”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
The system reboots every weekend after updates are installed.
We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.
(broadly) To start afresh.
They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original.
As the Republican National Convention kicks off Monday, Donald Trump has a tremendous opportunity to rebrand and reboot his campaign, to make it look and feel more professional and less petulant. 2016 July 18, Charles M. Blow, “Trump’s Chance to Reboot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
What are the first steps to rebooting your business? 2013 May 21, Dan Schawbel, “Mitch Joel: How To Reboot Your Business And Your Life”, in Forbes:
Restart; to return to an initial configuration or state.
Egg farmers do this to reboot birds' internal clocks so they start laying valuable eggs faster and, crucially, at the same time. 2011, J. Morris Hicks, Healthy Eating, Healthy World, →ISBN, page 119:
ja 再起動する (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · fr relancer (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · pl zrestartować (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · nl reboot (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · nl heropstarten (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · gl reiniciar (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · he אִתְחֵל (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · pl restartować (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · pt reiniciar (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · de neu starten (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ka ხელახლა ჩატვირთვა (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · sv starta om (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · nl herstarten (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · cmn 重新啟動 /重新启动 (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · nl opnieuw opstarten (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · la reinitiare (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ko 재시동한 위하여 (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · hu újraindít (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · km ចាប់ផ្ដើមឡើងវិញ (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ru перезагрузи́ть (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · la reinitializare (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · sl ponovno zagnati (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ja リブートする (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · fr réinitialiser (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · id menghidupkan ulang (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · pt reinicializar (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · de neu laden (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · el επανεκκινώ (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · fr redémarrer (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · eo restarti (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · fi uudelleenkäynnistää (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · sv reboota (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · vi khởi động lại (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · es reiniciar (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · it reiniziare (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · sh ponovno pokrenuti (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ru перезагружа́ть (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ka გადატვირთვა (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · de rebooten (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · ar أَعَادَ تَشْغِيل (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system) · fi käynnistää uudelleen (To execute a computer's boot process and reload the operating system)