Booter
noun1
A fan of the ReBoot CGI-animated television series.
- Synonyms
- Bootnik
booter
nounalso spelled Booter/ˈbuːtɚ/
Etymology From boot + -er.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A program or process that boots.
- JavaOS works with a variety of booters.1999, Tom Saulpaugh, Charles A Mirho, Inside the JavaOS operating system:
- If the firmware cannot locate a booter file, you will see a flashing folder icon with a question mark.2009, Kevin M White, Mac OS X Support Essentials v106:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Video games A game that is launched by booting directly from the floppy disk containing the game program, rather than starting the program from within the computer's standardized operating system.
- To allow full use of the system's limited resources and prevent users from making pirated copies of the game, the first version of Microsoft Flight Simulator was a booter, rather than being run from within DOS.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A person who plays association football.