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boot

In computing, the process of starting up a computer. Most computers have a small, built-in boot program that starts automatically when the computer is switched on - its only task is to load a slightly larger program, usually from a hard disk, which in turn loads the main operating system.
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But I was resolved to see for myself what new mystification was going on before I trusted Rosanna's boot in the Sergeant's hands.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
His face was flushed with anger, and he held an old and dusty boot in one of his hands.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
He turned it over and over; surveyed it with a contempt no language can express; and inquired if I wished him to fix me a boot like THAT?
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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