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warm boot

Restarting the computer by performing a reset operation (pressing reset, Ctrl-Alt-Del, etc.) while the computer is still turned on. The restart does not turn the power off. See boot, cold boot and clean boot.

warm boot [¦wȯrm ′büt]

(computer science)

To boot a computer system after it has been running.

(operating system)

warm boot - A boot from power on, where the CPU and peripherals are already powered up (warm).

A warm boot might be performed after a software crash or a hardware reset.

Contrast cold boot. See also reboot.

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