cold boot

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
cold boot
 n.

   See {boot}.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
cold boot

   <operating system> A {boot} from {power off}.

   Contrast {warm boot}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-11-27)
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