bootsplash

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noun

A splash screen displayed at bootup.

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Meanings

nounbootsplash (plural bootsplashes)

plural bootsplashes

  1. computingA splash screen displayed at bootup.

    You can also choose whether to show the bootsplash screen.

    2006, Chris Negus, Live Linux CDs: Building and Customizing Bootables, page 335
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    Although Linux systems traditionally booted in text mode, most distributions now use kernel parameters and interim graphical display mechanisms (bootsplashes such as plymouth) to completely hide text mode as the system is booting.

    2014, Brian Ward, How Linux Works, 2nd Edition: What Every Superuser Should Know

Origin

From boot + splash.

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APA

bootsplash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootsplash

MLA

“bootsplash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootsplash. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootsplash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootsplash.

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