Boot

1. Alternatively referred to as boot up, booting is the process of powering on a computer and getting into the operating system. During the boot process, the computer will perform a self-diagnostic, also known as a POST and load necessary drivers and programs that help the computer and devices communicate. As your computer is booting, you may see a screen similar to the below example picture.

In the above example, this screen is displaying the BIOS information (highlighted in red), each of the drives that have been initialized, and a prompt to enter CMOS setup.

2. See the kick definition for additional information about what it means to get boot or booted from chat.

Also see: Boot code, Bootstrap loader, Boot sequence, Chat definitions, Cold boot, Initialize, IPL, POST, Reboot, Shutdown, Splash screen