Meanings
verbcold boot (third-person singular simple present cold boots, present participle cold booting, simple past and past participle cold booted)
present singular third person cold boots · participle present cold booting · participle past cold booted · past cold booted
- transitivecomputingTo reboot a computer by turning it off and on.
nouncold boot (plural cold boots)
plural cold boots
- computingThe act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on.
Translations
French démarrage à froid
- démarrage à froidTranslations
German kalt starten
- kalt startenTranslations
Polish robić twardy reset, zrobić twardy reset
- robić twardy resetTranslations
- zrobić twardy resetTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
cold boot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20boot
MLA
“cold boot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20boot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold boot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20boot.
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