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Why is it called booting your computer?
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Thursday February 18, 2010
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Thursday February 18, 2010
The term "booting" as it relates to your computer has become part of the common vernacular. It's a bit strange, when you think about it though. Why the heck is it called "booting?" Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains the origins of the work "booting."
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- Booting got it's origins from the word bootstrap
- The old phrase, "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" indicated something difficult or imossible.
- In the early days of computers, getting the computer started was one of the biggest problems.
- The process of starting the computer was often called and used a "bootstrap loader."
- This was later called "bootstrapping" and then still later, just "booting."
- So, "booting" your computer has it's origins in boots, bootstraps, and that old expression.
- Fortunately, "booting" a computer is nowhere near as difficult as it used to be.
- The old phrase, "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" indicated something difficult or imossible.
- In the early days of computers, getting the computer started was one of the biggest problems.
- The process of starting the computer was often called and used a "bootstrap loader."
- This was later called "bootstrapping" and then still later, just "booting."
- So, "booting" your computer has it's origins in boots, bootstraps, and that old expression.
- Fortunately, "booting" a computer is nowhere near as difficult as it used to be.
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