reboot

plural reboots

1. computingAn instance of rebooting.
2. broadlyA fresh start.

   Other reboots of beloved restaurants, like the Four Seasons, have failed.

   2020 February 14, Florence Fabricant, “The Beloved West Village Restaurant Barbuto Gets a Reboot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeover.

   2008 December 24, Thomas L. Friedman, “Time to Reboot America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

3. human sciencesThe restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.
4. widely considered a misuseThe restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.

   As well as Ari Parker’s starring role, the reboot will introduce three characters played by people of colour, with Sara Ramirez, Karen Pittman and Sarita Choudhury to join the quartet.

   2021 August 22, Clea Skopeliti, “Nicole Ari Parker to join Sex and the City reboot in place of Kim Cattrall”, in The Guardian

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   HBO Max has issued a straight-to-series order for “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” a reboot of the original Freeform series... “We’re such huge fans of what I. Marlene King and her iconic cast created, we knew that we had to treat the original series as #CANON"

   2020 September 24, “Pretty Little Liars Reboot Ordered To Series at HBO Max”, in Variety

   Synonyms: sequel, spin-off

present singular third person reboots · participle present rebooting · participle past rebooted · past rebooted

1. ergativecomputingTo execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

   We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.

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   The system reboots every weekend after updates are installed.

   NASA is once again trying to reboot the Hubble Space Telescope, agency officials said. The telescope’s instruments have been shut down since the end of September, when a router that formats science data for transmission to the ground had an electrical failure.

   2008 October 24, Dennis Overbye, “Another Effort to Reboot Telescope”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

2. broadlyTo start afresh.

   They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original.

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   What are the first steps to rebooting your business?

   2013 May 21, Dan Schawbel, “Mitch Joel: How To Reboot Your Business And Your Life”, in Forbes

   As the Republican National Convention kicks off Monday, Donald Trump has a tremendous opportunity to rebrand and reboot his campaign, to make it look and feel more professional and less petulant.

   2016 July 18, Charles M. Blow, “Trump’s Chance to Reboot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

3. Restart; to return to an initial configuration or state.

   Egg farmers do this to reboot birds' internal clocks so they start laying valuable eggs faster and, crucially, at the same time.

   2011, J. Morris Hicks, Healthy Eating, Healthy World, →ISBN, page 119