Reboot
Process by which a computer system is restarted / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Reboot (disambiguation).
In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physically turned off and back on again (causing an initial boot of the machine); or a warm reboot (or soft reboot) in which the system restarts while still powered up. The term restart (as a system command) is used to refer to a reboot when the operating system closes all programs and finalizes all pending input and output operations before initiating a soft reboot.
It has been suggested that this article be merged with Power cycling. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2024. |