booter

plural booters

1. computingA program or process that boots.

   JavaOS works with a variety of booters.

   1999, Tom Saulpaugh, Charles A Mirho, Inside the JavaOS operating system

   1 more example

   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. computingA 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. computingThe floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
4. hobbiesA person who plays association football.
5. CanadaslangThe 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

   Synonyms: soaker

plural Booters

1. A fan of the ReBoot CGI-animated television series.

   Synonyms: Bootnik