booting

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Booting}.]
   1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
      by it; as, what boots it?
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            What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
            and do nothing for them?              --Hooker.
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            What subdued
            To change like this a mind so far imbued
            With scorn of man, it little boots to know. --Byron.
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            What boots to us your victories?      --Southey.
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   2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
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            And I will boot thee with what gift beside
            Thy modesty can beg.                  --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Booting}.]
   1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
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            Coated and booted for it.             --B. Jonson.
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   2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
   Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J.
   Harrington.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
   1. A kind of torture. See {Boot}, n., 2.
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   2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
bootstrap
boot
booting

   <operating system, compiler> To load and initialise the
   {operating system} on a computer.  Normally abbreviated to
   "{boot}".  From the curious expression "to pull oneself up by
   one's bootstraps", one of the legendary feats of Baron von
   Munchhausen.  The {bootstrap loader} is the program that runs
   on the computer before any (normal) program can run.  Derived
   terms include {reboot}, {cold boot}, {warm boot}, {soft boot}
   and {hard boot}.

   The term also applies to the use of a {compiler} to compile
   itself.  The usual process is to write an {interpreter} for a
   language, L, in some other existing language.  The compiler is
   then written in L and the interpreter is used to run it.  This
   produces an {executable} for compiling programs in L from the
   source of the compiler in L.  This technique is often used to
   verify the correctness of a compiler.  It was first used in
   the {LISP} community.

   See also {My Favourite Toy Language}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (2005-04-12)
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