reboot

Meanings

Noun

• An instance of rebooting.
• A fresh start.
• The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.
• The restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.

Verb

• To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.
• To start afresh.
• Restart; to return to a an initial configuration or state.

Origin

• re- + boot