warm boot

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

warm boot

   <operating system> A {boot} from {power on}, where the {CPU}
   and {peripherals} are already powered up (warm).

   A warm boot might be performed after a {software} {crash} or
   a {hardware} {reset}.

   Contrast {cold boot}.  See also {reboot}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1998-04-28)