quickstart

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noun

A guide or manual intended to get a user rapidly acquainted with a program or system.

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Meanings

nounquickstart (plural quickstarts)

plural quickstarts

  1. computingA guide or manual intended to get a user rapidly acquainted with a program or system.

    If you have already created the controller using the quickstart at the beginning of the chapter[…]

    2010, Josh Juneau, Jim Baker, Leo Soto, The Definitive Guide to Jython, page 336
    1 more example

    There are a large number of individual quickstarts, each of which illustrates one or more JBoss ESB features.

    2011, Len DiMaggio, Kevin Conner, Magesh Kumar B, Tom Cunningham, JBoss ESB Beginner's Guide

Origin

From quick + start.

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APA

quickstart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quickstart

MLA

“quickstart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quickstart. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quickstart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quickstart.

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